Parl Spl Session Day 2 live updates: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 20th September

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Special Session of Parliament: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 20th September.

On Mallikarjun Kharge's statement, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says, "We respect the leader of the opposition but to make a sweeping statement that all parties choose women who are not effective is absolutely unacceptable. We all have been empowered by our party, PM. President Droupadi Murmu is an empowered woman..."

Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge says, "Women from backward, ST don't get such opportunities which they are getting, this is what we are saying..."

" Literacy rate of women from scheduled caste is less and that's why political parties have a habit of choosing weak women and they won't choose those who're educated and can fight", says Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge

Special Session of Parliament: On Women's Reservation Bill, Leader of LoP in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge says "...They don't give us credit but I want to bring to their notice that the Women Reservation Bill was already passed in 2010 but it was stopped..."

"I believe that when we will celebrate the 100th year of our Independence, the 'golden century' will be of a developed India," says PM Modi speaking in Rajya Sabha.

In the Rajya Sabha of the new Parliament building, PM Narendra Modi says, "...we did not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha but we were confident that the Rajya Sabha would rise above political thinking and take decisions in the interest of the country. Because of your (MPs) maturity, we were able to take difficult decisions..."

"The new Parliament complex is not just a new building, but is also a symbol of a new beginning," says PM Modi speaking in Rajya Sabha.

"In our Constitution, Rajya Sabha has been noted as the Upper House. The makers of our Constitution had visioned that this Assembly rise above the politics and become a center for serious discourse and discussion," says PM Modi in his Rajya Sabha address.

In the Rajya Sabha of the new Parliament building, PM Narendra Modi says, "Today is a memorable as well as a historic day..."