December 26, 2018 8:58 PM

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Both Houses of Parliament to resume after 3-day break

<span style="color: #222222;">Both the Houses of Parliament will resume on Thursday after a weekend and a three-day break on account of Christmas. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In the Lok Sabha, the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill is scheduled to be taken up for consideration and passing tomorrow. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Bill proposes all declarations of instant triple talaq void and illegal. It seeks to make the practice a punishable offence with imprisonment of up to three years. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Bill will replace the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance-2018.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> The National Medical Council (Amendment) Bill 2018 has also been listed among others for tomorrow's legislative business. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In the Rajya Sabha, The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill 2018, and The National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018 and others have been listed for consideration and passing. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">So far, the Winter session of Parliament, which began on 11th of this month, has witnessed repeated disruptions on the issues of Rafale aircraft deal, construction of dam across Cauvery river, and financial benefits to Andhra Pradesh. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Congress has been consistently demanding JPC probe in the aircraft deal while AIADMK and DMK were protesting construction of the dam. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">TDP members were in the well seeking special package for Andhra Pradesh. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Rajya Sabha had also witnessed uproar last Friday over government's order authorising intelligence agencies to intercept information stored on computers.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Last week, ruling BJP members had also raised slogans in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seeking an apology from Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his allegations against the government on  Rafale deal. </span><br />

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