The 18-day monsoon session of Parliament began on Monday with strict Covid-19 protocols in place despite which 56 people, including 17 Lok Sabha MPs, Rajya Sabha MPs and officials, tested positive for the virus in compulsory checks ahead of the session. According to reports, Lok Sabha MPs Meenakshi Lekhi, Anant Kumar Hegde, Parvesh Sahib Singh, Sukhbir Singh Jaunpuria were among the 17 who tested positive for Covid-19 in the Lower House. The BJP had the highest number of MPs found corona positive at 12, the YSR Congress 2, the DMK, the RLP and the Shiv Sena had one MP each testing positive. The remaining 8 MPs were Rajya Sabha members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In proceedings today, the Lok Sabha adopted a motion to do away with Question Hour and private members’ business during the session. With the scrapping of Question Hour, the Zero House down to half and no all-party meet ahead of the session this time, the House met for the first of its four-hour sittings today, the Rajya Sabha will convene for 4 hours later today in a bid to stagger timings. Further, Parliament will function on all seven days of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n