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C O N T E N T S

Seventeenth Series, Vol. I, First Session, 2019/1941 (Saka) No. 2, Tuesday, June 18, 2019/Jyaistha 28, 1941 (Saka)

C ON T E N T S P A G E S

MEMBERS SWORN 4-22

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OFFICERS OF

THE SPEAKER Shri

PANEL OF CHAIRPERSONS** Shri Shri Brijbhushan Sharan Singh Shri

SECRETARY GENERAL Shrimati Snehlata Shrivastava

 Elected on 19.06.2019. ** Nominated on 07.06.2019. The following two separate orders were issued by the President of on 07.06.2019. 1. Whereas the office of the Speaker will become vacant immediately before the commencement of the first meeting of the House of the People on June 17, 2019 and the office of the Deputy Speaker is also vacant. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by clause (1) of article 95 of the Constitution of India, I hereby appoint Dr. Virendra Kumar, a Member of the House of the People, to perform the duties of the office of the Speaker from the commencement of the sitting of the House of People on June 17, 2019 till election of the Speaker by the said House. 2. I hereby appoint Shri Kodikunnil Suresh, Shri Brijbhushan Sharan Singh and Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab to be the persons before any of whom Members of the House of the People may make and subscribe the oath or affirmation in accordance with provision of article 99 of the Constitution of India. Ram Nath Kovind, PRESIDENT OF INDIA

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LOK SABHA DEBATES

LOK SABHA ------

Tuesday, June 18, 2019/Jyaistha 28, 1941 (Saka)

The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock

[HON. SPEAKER PRO-TEM Dr. Virendra Kumar in the Chair]

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MEMBERS SWORN – Contd. माननीय अय : माननीय सदयगण, कल 300 सदय के नाम पकारु िलये गये ह। जो सदय पहले उपिथत नह थे और अब उपिथत ह, वे अब शपथ ले सकते ह अथवा ितान कर सकत े ह। अब सैे ी जनरल उन नाम को उसी म स े पकारु गी , जैसा उहने कल िकया था । सदय के नाम िफर से रायवार पकारु े जाएगं े । SECRETARY GENERAL : CHHATTISGARH - Contd. Shri Santosh Pandey (Rajnandgaon) - Oath - Hindi MAHARASHTRA - Contd. Shri Krupal Balaji Tumane (Ramtek) - Oath - Marathi Shri Ashok Mahadeorao Nete (Gadchiroli-Chimur) -Oath - Marathi – Contd. Shri (Bargarh) - Oath - Odia Shri () - Oath - English Shri Er. (Mayurbhanj) - Oath - English Shrimati Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (Bolangir) – Not present Shri (Kendrapara) – Not present PUDUCHERRY Shri Ve. Vaithilingam (Puducherry) - Oath - Tamil ODISHA – Contd. Shrimati Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (Bolangir) - Oath - Hindi

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PUNJAB Shri (Gurdaspur) - Oath - English Shri (Amritsar) - Oath - Punjabi Shri (Dimpa) (Khadoor Sahib) - Affirmation - Punjabi Shri (Jalandhar) – Oath - Punjabi Shri (Anandpur Sahib) - Oath - Punjabi Shri Ravneet Singh Bittu (Ludhiana) - Oath - Punjabi Shri Amar Singh (Fatehgarh Sahib) - Oath - Punjabi Shri Mohammad Sadique (Faridkot) - Oath - Punjabi Shri (Firozpur) - Oath - Punjabi Shri (Sangrur) - Oath - Punjabi Shrimati (Patiala) - Oath - Punjabi

ASSAM – Contd. Shri Badruddin Ajmal (Dhubri) - Oath - English Shri Nihal Chand (Ganganagar) - Oath - Hindi Shri (Churu) - Oath - Hindi Shri Narendra Kumar (Jhunjhunu) - Oath - Hindi Shri (Sikar) - Oath - Sanskrit Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Jaipur Rural) - Oath - Hindi Shri (Jaipur) - Oath - Sanskrit Shri Balak Nath (Alwar) - Oath - Hindi Shrimati (Bharatpur) - Oath - Hindi 18.06.2019 6

Shri (Karauli-Dholpur) - Oath - Hindi Shrimati (Dausa) - Oath - Hindi Shri (Tonk-Sawai Madhopur) - Oath - Hindi Shri Bhagirath Chaudhary (Ajmer) - Oath - Sanskrit Shri (Nagaur) - Oath - Hindi Shri P.P. Chaudhary (Pali) - Affirmation - Hindi Shri Devaji Mansingram Patel (Jalore) - Oath - Hindi Shri (Udaipur) - Oath - Hindi- Shri Kanakmal Katara (Banswara) - Oath - Hindi Shri (Chittorgarh) - Oath - Sanskrit Shrimati (Rajsamand) - Oath - Hindi Shri (Bhilwara) - Oath - Sanskrit Shri Om Birla (Kota) - Oath - Hindi Shri (Jhalawar-Baran) - Oath - Hindi – Contd. Dr. () - Oath - English SIKKIM Shri Indra Hang Subba (Sikkim) - Oath - Nepali TAMIL NADU Dr. K. Jayakumar (Tiruvallur) - Affirmation – Tamil

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12 00hrs माननीय अय : शपथ-प के अलावा बाक कु छ भी रकाड म नह जाएगा। …(यवधान) SECRETARY GENERAL: Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy (Chennai North) - Affirmation - Tamil Shrimati T. Sumathy alias Thamizhachi Thangapandian (Chennai South) - Affirmation - Tamil Shri Dayanidhi Maran (Chennai Central) - Affirmation – Tamil

माननीय अय : शपथ-प के अलावा बाक सभी शद को िवलोिपत िकया जाए। SECRETARY GENERAL: Shri T.R. Baalu (Sriperumbudur) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri G. Selvam (Kancheepuram) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri S. Jagathrakshakan (Arakkonam) - Affirmation – Tamil Dr. A. Chellakumar (Krishnagiri) - Oath – Tamil Dr. Dnv. Senthilkumar S. (Dharmapuri) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri C.N. Annadurai (Tiruvannamalai) - Affirmation – Tamil Dr. M.K. Vishnu Prasad (Arani) - Oath – Tamil Shri Ravikumar D. (Viluppuram) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri Gautham Sigamani Pon (Kallakurichi) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri S.R. Parthiban (Salem) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri A.K.P. Chinraj (Namakkal) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri A. Ganeshamurthi (Erode) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri K. Subbarayan (Tiruppur) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri A. Raja (Nilgiris) - Affirmation – Tamil 18.06.2019 8

Shri P. R. Natarajan (Coimbatore) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri K. Shanmuga Sundaram (Pollachi) - Affirmation – Tamil

माननीय अय : शपथ प म जो वाचन है, उसके अितर एक भी शद रकाड पर नह जाएगा, बाक शद को िवलोिपत िकया जाएगा । SECRETARY GENERAL: Shri P. Velusamy (Dindigul) - Affirmation – Tamil Selvi Jothimani S. (Karur) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri Thirunavukkarasar SU (Tiruchirappalli) - Oath – Tamil Dr. T. R. Paarivendhar (Perambalur) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri T. R. V. S. Ramesh (Cuddalore) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri Thol Thirumaavalavan (Chidambaram) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri S. Ramalingam (Mayiladuthurai) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri Muniyan Selvaraj (Nagapattinam) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri S.S. Palanimanickam (Thanjavur) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri Karti P. Chidambaram (Sivaganga) - Oath – Tamil Shri S. Venkatesan (Madurai) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri P. Raveendranath Kumar (Theni) - Oath – Tamil Shri B. Manickam Tagore (Virudhunagar) - Oath – Tamil Shri K. Navaskani (Ramanathapuram) - Oath – Tamil Shrimati Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (Thoothukkudi) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri Dhanush M. Kumar (Tenkasi) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri S. Gnanathiraviam (Tirunelveli) - Affirmation – Tamil Shri H. Vasanthakumar (Kanniyakumari) - Oath – Tamil 18.06.2019 9

TELANGANA Shri Soyam Babu Rao (Adilabad) - Oath – Telugu Shri Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta (Peddapalle) - Oath – Telugu Shri (Karimnagar) - Oath – Telugu Shri Arvind Dharmapuri (Nizamabad) - Oath – English Shri B.B. Patil (Zahirabad) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Medak) - Oath – Telugu Shri Anumula (Malkajgiri) - Oath – Telugu Shri (Hyderabad) - Oath – Urdu Dr. G. Ranjith Reddy (Chevella) - Oath – English Shri (Mahbubnagar) - Oath – English 13.00hrs Shri (Nagarkurnool) - Oath – Telugu Shri Uttam Kumar Reddy Nalamada (Nalgonda) - Oath – English Shri Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy (Bhongir) - Oath – Telugu Shri Dayakar Pasunoori (Warangal) - Oath – Telugu Shrimati Kavitha Malothu (Mahabubabad) - Oath – Telugu Shri (Khammam) - Oath – Telugu TRIPURA Shrimati Pratima Bhoumik (Tripura West) - Affirmation - Bengali Shri Rebati Tripura (Tripura East) - Oath – Hindi UTTARAKHAND Shrimati Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah (Tehri Garhwal) - Oath – English 18.06.2019 10

माननीय अय: माननीय सदयगण, ी मलायमु िसंह यादव जी सदन के बहत ही वर सदय ह। उनका वाथ ठीक नह है। इस कारण स े सदन क सहमित हो, तो ाथिमकता स े उनक शपथ का कायम हो जाए। अनके माननीय सदय: ठीक है। SECRETARY GENERAL: Shri (Mainpuri) - Oath – Hindi UTTARAKHAND – Contd. Shri (Garhwal) -- Not present Shri Ajay Tamta (Almora) -- Not present Shri Ajay Bhatt (Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar) -- Not present UTTAR PRADESH – Contd. Shri Rajendra Agarwal (Meerut) - Oath – Sanskrit Shri (Domariyaganj) - Oath – Hindi माननीय अय : सदन क कायवाही दो बजकर बीस िमनट तक के िलय े थिगत क जाती है। 13.20 hrs The Lok Sabha then adjourned for Lunch till Twenty Minutes past Fourteen of the Clock.

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14.20 hrs The Lok Sabha re-assembled after Lunch at Twenty Minutes past Fourteen of the Clock.

(Shri Kodikunnil Suresh in the Chair) MEMBERS SWORN – Contd. HON. CHAIRPERSON: Secretary-General, please continue the oath ceremony. SECRETARY GENERAL: UTTARAKHAND – Contd. Shri Tirath Singh Rawat (Garhwal) - Oath – Sanskrit Shri Ajay Tamta (Almora) - Oath – Hindi Shri Ajay Bhatt (Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar) - Oath – Sanskrit Shrimati Kirron Kher (Chandigarh) - Oath – Hindi UTTAR PRADESH – Contd. Shri (Saharanpur) - Oath – Urdu Shri Pradeep Kumar (Kairana) - Oath – Hindi Shri Malook Nagar (Bijnor) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Nagina) - Oath – Hindi Dr. S.T. Hasan (Moradabad) - Oath – Hindi Shri Mohammad (Rampur) - Affirmation - Urdu Dr. Shafiqur Rehman Barq (Sambhal) - Affirmation - Urdu … (Interruptions)

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HON. CHAIRPERSON: Only oath or affirmation is going on record. Nothing else will go on record. … (Interruptions) …  HON. CHAIRPERSON: Hon. Members, please avoid raising slogans. Only oath or affirmation will go on record. … (Interruptions) … * HON. CHAIRPERSON: Secretary-General, please continue. I appeal to all the hon. Members to please avoid raising slogans. Only oath or affirmation will go on record. … (Interruptions) HON. CHAIRPERSON: Secretary-General please continue. … (Interruptions) HON. CHAIRPERSON: Please avoid raising slogans. It is not correct. … (Interruptions) HON. CHAIRPERSON: The Chair is appealing to all the hon. Members to please avoid raising slogans. … (Interruptions) HON. CHAIRPERSON: Only Members’ oath/affirmation will go on record, and nothing else will go on record. …(Interruptions) …* HON. CHAIRPERSON: Hon. Member, please sit down. … (Interruptions)

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SECRETARY GENERAL: Kunwar Danish Ali (Amroha) – Not present Dr. Satya Pal Singh (Baghpat) - Oath – Sanskrit Dr. (Gautam Buddha Nagar) – Not present Shri Bhola Singh (Bulandshahr) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Aligarh) - Oath – Hindi HON. CHAIRPERSON: I have already given my ruling. Only Members’ oath/affirmation will go on record, and nothing else will go on record. …(Interruptions) … SECRETARY GENERAL: Shri Rajvir Diler (Hathras) - Oath – Hindi Shrimati (Mathura) - Oath – Hindi Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel (Agra) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Fatehpur Sikri) - Oath – Hindi Dr. Chandra Sen Jadon (Firozabad) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Raju Bhaiya) (Etah) - Oath – Hindi Shri Kunwar Danish Ali (Amroha) - Oath – English Dr. (Badaun) - Oath – Hindi Shri Dharmendra Kashyap (Aonla) - Oath – Hindi Shri Feroze (Pilibhit) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Shahjahanpur) - Oath – Hindi Shri Ajay Kumar (Kheri) - Affirmation – Hindi

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Shrimati (Dhaurahra) - Oath – Hindi Dr. Mahesh Sharma (Gautam Buddha Nagar) - Oath – Hindi Shri Rajesh Verma (Sitapur) - Oath – Hindi Shri Jai Prakash (Hardoi) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Misrikh) - Oath – Hindi Swami (Unnao) - Oath – Sanskrit 15.00hrs Shri Kaushal Kishore (Mohanlalganj) - Oath – Hindi Shrimati (Rae Bareli) - Affirmation – Hindi Shrimati Maneka Sanjay Gandhi (Sultanpur) - Oath – Hindi Shri Sangam Lal Gupta (Pratapgarh) - Oath – Hindi HON. CHAIRPERSON : Please maintain silence in the House. … (Interruptions) SECRETARY GENERAL: Shri (Farrukhabad) - Oath – Hindi Dr. (Etawah) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Kanpur) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Kannauj) - Oath – Hindi Shri Devendra Singh `Bhole’(Akbarpur) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Jalaun) - Oath – Hindi Shri Anurag Sharma (Jhansi) - Oath – Hindi Kunwar (Hamirpur) - Oath – Sanskrit Shri R. K. Singh Patel (Banda) - Oath – Hindi Shri Vinod Kumar Sonkar (Kaushambi) - Oath – Hindi 18.06.2019 15

Shrimati Keshari Devi Patel (Phulpur) - Oath – Hindi Shrimati (Allahabad) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Barabanki) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Faizabad) - Oath – Hindi Shri Ritesh Pandey (Ambedkar Nagar) - Affirmation – Hindi Shri (Bahraich) - Oath – Hindi Shri Ram Shiromani Verma (Shrawasti) - Affirmation– Hindi

15.26 hrs ( Hon. Speaker Pro tem Dr. Virendra Kumar in the Chair)

Shri alias Raja Bhaiya (Gonda) - Oath – Hindi Shri Harish Chandra alias (Basti) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Sant Kabir Nagar) - Oath – Hindi Shri Pankaj Chaudhary (Maharajganj) - Oath – Hindi Shri Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla alias (Gorakhpur) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Kushi Nagar) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Deoria) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Bansgaon) - Oath – Hindi Shrimati Sangeeta Azad (Lalganj) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Azamgarh) - Oath – Hindi Shri Atul Kumar Singh alias (Ghosi) - Not present Shri Ravinder (Salempur) - Oath – Hindi 18.06.2019 16

Shri Virendra Singh (Ballia) - Oath – Sanskrit Shri (Jaunpur) - Affirmation – Hindi Shri Bholanath (B.P. Saroj) (Machhlishahr) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Ghazipur) - Affirmation – Hindi Shri (Bhadohi) - Oath – Hindi Shrimati (Mirzapur) - Affirmation – Hindi Shri Pakauri Lal Kol (Robertsganj) - Oath – Hindi

WEST BENGAL Shri (Coochbehar) - Oath – Bengali Shri (Alipurduars) - Oath – Hindi Dr. (Jalpaiguri) - Oath – Bengali Shri (Darjeeling) - Oath – Nepali Dr. (Balurghat) - Oath – Sanskrit Shri (Maldaha Uttar) - Oath – Bengali Shri Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury (Dalu) (Maldaha Dakshin) - Oath – English Shri (Jangipur) - Affirmation– Bengali Shri (Baharampur) - Affirmation– Bengali 16.00hrs Shri (Murshidabad) - Oath – Bengali Ms. (Krishnanagar) - Oath – Bengali Shri Jagannath Sarkar (Ranaghat) - Oath – Bengali Shri (Bangaon) - Oath – English 18.06.2019 17

Shri Arjun Singh (Barrackpur) - Oath – Hindi Shri Sougata Ray (Dum Dum) - Affirmation – Bengali Dr. (Barasat) - Oath – Bengali Shrimati (Jaynagar) - Oath – Bengali (Mathurapur) - Oath – Bengali Shri Abhishek Banerjee (Diamond Harbour) - Oath – Bengali

माननीय अय : आप लोग उसाहवधन कर, लेिकन शाित के साथ । ऐसा दोन तरफ से होना चािहए । SECRETARY GENERAL: Shrimati (Kolkata Dakshin) - Oath – Bengali Shri (Kolkata Uttar) - Oath – Bengali Shri (Howrah) - Oath – Bengali Shrimati (Uluberia) - Oath – Bengali Shri Kalyan Banerjee (Sreerampur) - Oath – Bengali Shrimati (Hooghly) - Oath – Bengali Shrimati Aparupa Poddar () (Arambagh) - Oath – Hindi Shri (Tamluk) - Oath – Bengali Shri (Kanthi) - Oath – Bengali Shri Deepak Adhikari () (Ghatal) - Oath – English …(यवधान)

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माननीय अय: अिधकारी जी, आज के वल शपथ का िदन है। SECRETARY GENERAL: Shri (Jhargram) - Affirmation - Santhali Shri (Medinipur) - Oath - Sanskrit Shri (Purulia) -Oath - Hindi Dr. (Bankura) - Oath - Sanskrit Shri (Bishnupur) -Oath - Hindi Shri Sunil Kumar Mondal (Bardhaman Purba) - Affirmation - Bengali Shri S.S. Ahluwalia (Bardhaman-Durgapur) - Oath - Sanskrit Shri (Bolpur) - Oath - Bengali Shrimati (Birbhum) - Oath - Bengali BIHAR – Contd. Shri Santosh Kumar (Purnia) -- Not present Shri Ajay Kumar Mandal (Bhagalpur) - Oath - Hindi

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KARNATAKA – Contd. Shri Prajwal Revanna (Hassan) -- Not present ODISHA – Contd. Shri Anubhav Mohanty (Kendrapara) -- Not present माननीय अय : माननीय सदयगण, अतं म मझु े लगता है िक अब सदन म ऐसा कोई सदय उपिथत नह है, िजसने शपथ नह ली है अथवा ितान नह िकया है। इसिलए यह सभा िदनाकं 19 जून, 2019 को सबहु 11 बजे पनु : बैठने तक के िलए थिगत क जाती है। 16.46 hrs

The Lok Sabha then adjourned till Eleven of the Clock on Wednesday, June 19, 2019/ Jyaistha 29, 1941 (Saka).