Friday, 22 November 2024
Friday, 22 November 2024
President Droupadi Murmu addresses the joint session of Parliament on the opening day of the Budget session. Murmu hailed the Modi government's big ticket reforms in the last 10 years and said the centuries-old desire to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya has now become reality while apprehensions over the abrogation of Article 370 are a thing of the past.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to address the media on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament. Modi greeted the journalists with 'Ram Ram' (an invocation of Lord Ram) and noted that there is a tradition of not presenting a full budget before the polls.
Parliamentarians during President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint session of Parliament on the opening day of the Budget session. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would present the interim budget on February 1.
Congress MPs Mallikajun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi and others during President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint session of Parliament on the opening day of the Budget session. Top Congress leaders would meet in the evening to evolve the party's strategy during the Budget Session of Parliament.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Union Ministers Amit Shah, S. Jaishankar and Nitin Gadkari, and others during President Droupadi Murmu's address.
Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar greets former chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women and AAP leader Swati Maliwal after she took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha. The former DCW chief said her family is scared about her foray into active politics, but she asserted that she is not scared to question the government or go to the jail for it.
AAP leader Narain Dass Gupta takes oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament. Gupta was renominated as Rajya Sabha member by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
AAP leader Satnam Singh Sandhu takes oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on the first day of the Budget session. Sandhu, a nominated member, was the first to take oath in the Rajya Sabha.
Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Mansukh Mandaviya on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament.
Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi, Arjun Ram Meghwal and V. Muraleedharan wait for Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his media address on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament. Joshi said the government sought the cooperation of all the parties for the short session.
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari with AAP MP Raghav Chadha on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament.
Security personnel at the Parliament House complex on the first day of the Budget session.
President's Bodyguards during presentation of guard of honour to the President on the first day of the Budget session of Parliament.
