Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: ‘Double engines of government have crashed’ says Akhilesh Yadav

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: TMC MP Saugata Roy in his speech in Lok Sabha said that it was disappointing that the President did not speak on issues of pollution and unemployment in parliament.

He said, “I want to ask what was achieved in the 10 years of Make-in-India. The President’s speech does not acknowledge pollution, unemployment.”

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Rajya Sabha has resumed its discussion on the motion for vote of thanks for the President’s speech.

BJP MP Banshilal Gurjar has continued his speech, which was left incomplete on February 3, after question hour in the House concluded.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: As AITC MP Soujata Roy delivered his motion of thanks for the President's address, he stated that he opposed the President's speech and stated that it was a shame she did not address the death of tribal people in Manipur and did not question the Mahakumbh tragedy. Other opposition members also chanted “shame” to drive the point home.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav criticised the UP and central government for allegedly covering up the death toll of the Mahakumbh stampede and questioned whether this was the “Sanatani dharma” preached by CM Yogi.

He said, “When it was known that some people had lost their lives, their bodies were lying in the mortuary and in the hospital, then the govt filled their government helicopter with flowers and showered flower petals. What kind of Sanatani tradition is this?"

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman responded to MP Mausam Noor's about the Pradhan Mantri Internship Scheme and whether it had achieved only 10% of its stated objective to offer 1.25 lakh internships.

Sitharaman replied that some individuals may prefer other companies and that it is an evolving situation, and that the progress of the scheme since July 2024 has been heartening.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said that President Murmu's speech to parliament was “nothing new” and did not have any significant details about what the government has achieved.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Akhilesh Yadav criticised the BJP-led central government and said that the “double engines” of the government have crashed and have failed to fulfil their promises of bringing about development in the country.

He also pointed out that all metros, highways and development projects in Uttar Pradesh had been made by the Samajwadi Party.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav blamed the Yogi Adityanath administration in UP for the Mahakumbh stampede and said, “The bodies of the deceased were lifted with tractor trolley. The government is hiding the real death toll. Why are they hiding the truth.”

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav called for an all party meeting on the Mahakumbh arrangements and the stampede on January 29.

"While the government is continuously giving budget figures, please also give the figures of those who died in Maha Kumbh. I demand an all-party meeting should be called to give clarification about the arrangements for Maha Kumbh. We ask the double-engine government, if there was no guilt, then why were the figures suppressed, hidden and erased?..."

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: BJD MP Debashish Samantaray requested that the Bali yatra be declared a national festival, highlighting that the marine pilgrimage links the countries of India and Indonesia.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari raised the issue of road accidents on national highways, referring to an incident in Jaipur where at least 40 died and 40 vehicles were burnt. He called for improvements to highway safety.

He noted that more than 7 lakh persons lost their lives due to road accidents over the last five years.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Supriya Sule raised a question during Lok Sabha proceedings against Shivraj Singh Chouhan about a BJP MLA claiming that there was a ₹5,000 crore scam in the PM Fasal Bima Yojana in Maharashtra.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: ‘Serving farmers is puja for us’ said Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan when answering questions regarding agricultural schemes in states. He also stated that only under PM Modi's tenure in government has technology been introduced to help farmers increase yield and pointed out that the Congress had not contributed to the development of farmers.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Resuming proceedings from yesterday, the zero hour has begun in Rajya Sabha, with chair Harivansh taking questions and requests.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Notices received under rule 267 to suspend the business of the Rajya Sabha to discuss the stampede in Prayagraj during the Mahakumbh Mela, were rejected by the chair.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: The Rajya Sabha has resumed proceedings with vice-president Jagdeep Dhankar presiding as chair. Papers have been laid on the table for today's discussion.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Question hour has begun in Lok Sabha with MP Benny Benahan questioning efforts taken by the agricultural ministry regarding coconut production in the state.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: In a post on X, Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said, “Be prepared to face at 5PM today! Please do not run away. Today at 5 pm, do not disperse like last time on the reply of the prime minister.”

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Responding to Union minister Kiren Rijiju's remarks on Rahul Gandhi “lying” in parliament, Congress MP Imran Masood said “Is the country blind? What Rahul Gandhi said (in the Parliament) is happening in the country. I have never seen Rahul Gandhi speak better than he did yesterday, It was his best speech.”

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has submitted an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over the issue of the Mahakumbh stampede in Prayagraj, a day after the opposition staged protests in parliament over alleged mismanagement of the event.

He has called for the Supreme Court to oversee an investigation into the mishap, which took place on January 29.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh gave a zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha regarding the Mahakumbh stampede that occurred on January 29.

"The Mahakumbh, one of the largest religious events on Earth, has witnessed this horrific stampede for the sixth time in the past 70 years. This time, the mismanagement of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh and the VIP culture led to this tragic incident," Singh said.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav, ahead of the fourth Budget session of Parliament told news agency PTI that the government had refused to take cognisance of their faults and blamed them for the Mahakumbh stampede.

"When the government becomes ruthless and doesn't take any cognisance, then discussions keep on happening without any result. We are seeing it everyday. Families are struggling to find their missing members. When Kharge sahab told about the casualty, the chairman asked to authenticate. They are claiming 40 crore people have taken the holy dip, who will authenticate it? They are just talking lies," he said.

Parliament Budget Session 2025 LIVE: Day four of the Budget session of parliament will begin with a motion of thanks towards President Droupadi Murmu's address before the Union Budget was presented.