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| Parliament's nod to Waqf bill highlight as budget session ends with over 100 per cent productivity | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Apr 4: Parliament's nod to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill rendering it the government's most consequential piece of legislation in its third term, and the political heat it generated inside and outside the legislature defined the second half of the Budget session which ended on Friday. Punches and counterpunches between the ruling BJP-led NDA and opposition INDIA bloc, which showed signs of common purpose during as the session drew to a close, ran through the sitting that saw more than 100 per cent productivity in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Debates scored over disruption in this session during which 16 bills were approved by the two Houses and the President's rule in Manipur received Parliament's nod during post-mid night discussions in both chambers.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju told reporters that the productivity of Lok Sabha during the session, which began with an address by President Droupadi Murmu on January 31 and ended on Friday with a recess from February 14 to March 9, was 118 per cent and that of the Upper House 119 per cent.
He said history was created and old records broken in Rajya Sabha when it sat without a break for 17:02 hrs from 11 AM on Thursday to the early hours on Friday to debate and pass the Waqf bill besides endorsing President's rule in Manipur.
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