"Forest Rights Act, Prevention of Atrocities Act etc were not applicable in J&K. We granted those rights to the Dalit communities by removing Article 370", PM Modi stated.
Besides the report of the Committee, Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav will introduce the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024 Bill in the Rajya Sabha later in the day to amend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. The House will later resume discussion over the motion of thanks on the President's address.
Swati Maliwal was asked by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar to take the oath as Rajya Sabha MP twice, as she read the wrong oath and then chanted ‘Inquilab Zindabad’.
Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said that extra 30 break on Fridays in Rajya Sabha has been changed to match it with the timings of the Lok Sabha