<span style="color: #222222;">Both houses of Parliament continued the discussion on Motion of Thanks on the President's address on the second day today. <br />'' <br />'' Initiating the discussion in the Lok Sabha, DMK member Dayanidhi Maran raised the issue of water crisis prevailing throughout the country, particularly in Tamil Nadu. <br />'' <br />'' Ruling ally members objected to him when he said that the water scarcity was because the government was not worried and it has become worse due to the complacency of the ruling party in the state. <br />'' <br />'' BJP member Rajiv Pratap Rudy and other members raised a point of order on certain words uttered by the member. Minister of State Arjun Meghwal also objected to Maran's comment on the government. But DMK members insisted that the member may be allowed to complete his speech.<br />'' <br />'' Participating in the debate, Kerala Congress (M) member Thomas Chazhikadan urged upon the government to increase the MSP of natural rubber to 225 rupees per kilo in order to save the rubber farmers of Kerala.<br />'' <br />'' Hasnain Masoodi of National Conference insisted that the elections to Jammu and Kashmir Assembly should be held without any delay.<br />'' <br />'' BJP's SP Singh Baghel praised the developmental work done by the NDA government. He said, because of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to build toilets, women are now feeling safe.<br />'' <br />'' In the Rajya Sabha, BJP MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe listed the government's initiatives taken in different sectors and dismissed Opposition's questioning of NDA schemes like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. He said, under the Prime Minister's leadership, India is registering its new identity across the world.<br />'' <br />'' Digvijay Singh of the Congress questioned Mr Modi's slogan – Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas alleging that the seeds of communalism are being sown in the country. He said there was no mention of unemployment in President's speech. He also raised doubts on talk of making India a five trillion dollar economy by 2024.<br />'' <br />''TMC leader Derek O'Brien urged the members of the house to collectively work to remove malnutrition and unemployment and improving the Human Development Index.</span>