New Delhi, Aug 9 (Bureau) Both houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die on Friday, one sitting ahead of the scheduled end of the session. The current session of Parliament was scheduled to end on August 12. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said the productivity of the house was above 130 percent. He added that the proceedings were conducted for about 115 hours. Om Birla said, “Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024-25 on 23rd July, which was discussed by the house for 27 hours and 19 minutes”. He said, 12 government bills were introduced during the session of which four were passed by the Lok Sabha. During the session, The Finance Bill, the Appropriation Bill, the Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, and the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak bill were passed in the lower house.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said, around 22 hours of discussions were held on the Union Budget in the Upper House. Dhankhar said, the house sat for 90 hours during the session. Earlier in the house, SP MP Jaya Bachchan demanded an apology from Rajya Sabha Chairman after a heated exchange of words over BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari’s remarks against Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge. She said, “I objected to the tone used by the Chair. We are not schoolchildren. Some of us are senior citizens. I was upset with the tone and especially when the Leader of Opposition stood up to speak, he switched off the mike.” Bachchan was flanked by several other women MPs including Sonia Gandhi. The women MPs backed her claims against the RS Chairman. On this, the Opposition members staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha.