LIVE | Day 3 of Monsoon session of Parliament — Ruckus over farmers' plight

Opposition leaders were to meet at the Parliament at 10.15 am, reports ANI

• Mob lynching
• Cow vigilantism 
• Farmers' crisis
• Indo-China standoff
• Pak provocation at the border

CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury gave adjournment motion notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss ‘communal polarisation in the name of cow protection’.

Congress protests in front of Gandhi statue at Parliament complex demanding special package for flood-affected Northeastern states.

Sushma Swaraj briefed ministers about the recent foreign visits undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the BJP Parliamentary meeting. The issue of implementation of GST was also discussed. 

Jitendra Singh speaks about ISRO’s activities amid shouting of slogans by the Opposition.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan had adjourned Lok Sabha amid Opposition's uproar over the plight of farmers.It resumed at 12 noon.

MP Pratap Singh Bajwa raised the issue of 39 Indian hostages in Mosul, he said that one youth was from his district claimed that the rest of captives were shot before him. Bajwa claims that the government had said that some Indians are now in a prison in Badush. “They are changing the goal post....It questions the credibility of the government... Don’t mislead the public...,” he says.

Earlier Mullikarjun Kharge raised issue of farmers’ plight and said “Farmers on a large-scale are facing problems. They are committing suicide. The agriculture sector is in a complete mess and their problems are growing. The central government has failed to resolve the crisis,” 

PM stated that cow vigilantes shouldn't’t take law in their hands, MHA issued advisory, dragging BJP into this not right: MoS home H Ahir in Rajya Sabha.

The Rajya Sabha had been adjourned for 10 mins after members raise slogans shouting “Killing in the name of cow protection won’t be allowed.”

Mulayam Singh Yadav raises the issue of India-China border standoff in Lok Sabha.He claims, “We have been given the information that an atom bomb has been planted in Pakistani soil by China. China has done all the preparations to attack India.“ It is India’s responsibility to protect Bhutan and Sikkim. China is our enemy not Pakistan.”

“The topic is a grave matter....this discussion is related to law and order..” MP Ghulam Nabi Azad on mob lynching. Manoj Sharma says the image of India has been marred across the world. The discussion is related to the environment of fear and the economic repercussions.

“Jharkhand has become an ‘akhara’ of lynching,” says Ghulam Nabi Azad

“There was not a single person to save Junaid on the train...” he says. He cites a story of hate crime in the US where Americans stood up against the it and asks “Who will bell the cat” in India.

When your own house is weak, how can you fight the enemy... Stop the politics of vote: Azad.

The Constitution makers or freedom fighters never thought our country would face such issues: Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agarwal.

Ruckus in the Upper House of Parliament after Naresh Agarwal’s withdraws his remarks and Rajya Sabha expunges his statements.  

Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal apologises for his statements

Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien says whatever has been expunged should not be reported by print or TV media. TMC leader Derek O’ Brien says its hard to control social media

“We are not asking the right questions... Cow vigilante is a pretty term. The actual term is cow terrorism,” says Trinamool’s Derek O’Brien

These opposition parties will not bow down to your political terrorism. The government is manipulating the data to make the economy look good. We were not for the government’s rushed implementation of GST, says O’Brien

In Lok Sabha, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia raises farmer suicides. Says inflation has hit farmers since fertilizers, seeds, and everything is costlier. Accuses the government of being “insensitive”