MATTERS RAISED WITH PERMISSION 1. 26th November, 2009:— (i) Shri S. S. Ahluwalia raised a matter regarding Sixtieth Anniversary of adoption of the Constitution. (ii) Shri Prasanta Chatterjee raised a matter regarding Cultural and Heritage Committee of the Railways and safety. (iii) Shri Rajniti Prasad raised a matter regarding children falling sick due to mid-day meals. (iv) Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari raised a matter regarding the additional central assistance to 18Uttarakhand being withheld by the Central Government. (v) Shri Prakash Javadekar raised a matter regarding non provision of the required assistance, as promised by the Government to the victims of 26/11 terrorist attack and their dependents. Shri Balvant alias Bal Apte also spoke. (vi) Shri Nand Kishore Yadav raised a matter regarding crisis arising out of the lack of fertilizers and seeds in Uttar Pradesh. (vii) Shri D. Raja raised a matter regarding agitation of fishermen in the country, particularly in Tamil Nadu. Shri Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, responded. (viii) Shri M.P. Achuthan raised a matter regarding Special Financial Assistance to Kerala. (ix) Dr. M.V. Mysura Reddy raised a matter regarding illegal mining by M/s Obulapuram Mining Company. (x) Shri Rudra Narayan Pany raised a matter regarding employees of the Public Sector Undertakings. 2. 30th November, 2009:— (i) Shri Amar Singh raised a matter regarding notice issued by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court to two civil servants on their conversation about changing the court’s bench recorded in a CD. (ii) Shri Ali Anwar Ansari raised a matter regarding death of labourers on Manali-Leh Highway in Himachal Pradesh. (iii) Shri Prabhat Jha raised a matter regarding crisis in NTPC power house in Bihar. (iv) Shri Kalraj Mishra raised a matter regarding exposure of workers to radioactive substance in Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant. Shri S.S. Ahluwalia also spoke. (v) Shri A. Vijayaraghavan raised a matter regarding impact of Dubai debt crisis on India. (vi) Shri P. Rajeeve raised a matter regarding Indian stand in the last meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency. (vii) Shri Bharatkumar Raut raised a matter regarding 19 failure of online CAT examination at certain place. 3. 2nd December, 2009:— (i) Shrimati Brinda Karat raised a matter regarding internet advertisements on sex selection tests. (ii) Shri Tiruchi Siva raised a matter regarding situation arising due to massive circulation of fake currency throughout the country. Shri Moinul Hassan also spoke. (iii) Shri Shantaram Laxman Naik raised a matter regarding need to ban an institution working with the name ‘Sanatan Sanstha’ in Goa. (iv) Shri Shyamal Chakraborty raised a matter regarding situation arising due to sudden increase in prices of coal by the Coal India Ltd. (v) Shri Shreegopal Vyas raised a matter regarding need for clarification on the issue of stopping the construction of road in Ladakh. Shri Kumar Deepak Das also spoke. (vi) Shri Birendra Prasad Baishya raised a matter regarding construction of a dam on the river Brahmaputra by China. (vii) Shri Rudra Narayan Pany raised a matter regarding dharna by LIC agents. (viii) Shri Tarini Kanta Roy raised a matter regarding killing of eleven gangmen in train accidents in five days. 4. 3rd December, 2009:— (i) Shri D. Raja raised a matter regarding mass rally by bank employees in protest against the banking reform policies of the Government. (ii) Shri Sabir Ali raised a matter regarding relations of India with Iran. (iii) Shri Sitaram Yechury raised a matter regarding the 25th Anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. (iv) Dr. (Smt.) Najma A. Heptulla raised a matter regarding issue of Identity Cards to the people living in high security area around the Prime Minster’s residence. (v) Shri Prakash Javadekar raised a matter regarding agitation in Andhra Pradesh for formation of Telangana State. 20 5. 7th December, 2009:— (i) Shri Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition, raised a matter regarding conflicting statements from Government authorities on the issue of climate change. Shri Sitaram Yechury and Shri D. Raja also spoke. Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, responded. (ii) Shri Ali Anwar Ansari raised a matter regarding delay in payment of salary to employees of the United News of India (UNI). (iii) Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu raised a matter regarding Telangana issue. Shrimati Ambika Soni, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, responded. (iv) Shri R.C. Singh raised a matter regarding looting of money from labourers by motorcycle gangs in Ludhiana, Punjab. Shri Rajniti Prasad and Shri S.S. Ahluwalia also spoke. (v) Dr. V. Maitreyan raised a matter regarding judgement of the Delhi High Court for reversal of cut off date of 2 G spectrum. (vi) Shri Amar Singh raised a matter regarding alleged misuse of Government agencies for political purpose. (vii) Shri Syed Azeez Pasha raised a matter regarding allotment of CGHS flats at Dwarka, Delhi. (viii) Shri Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi raised a matter regarding deaths due to Swine Flu in Rajasthan. 6. 9th December, 2009:— (i) Shri Mohammed Adeeb raised a matter regarding a statement made by the RSS Chief on the partition of the country. (ii) Shri Prasanta Chatterjee raised a matter regarding need for expansion of the network of rural banks in the country. (iii) Shri Saman Pathak raised a matter regarding the alleged threat by the Army to evict people of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri from the defence land. 21 7. 11th December, 2009:— (i) Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu raised a matter regarding Telangana issue. Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministries of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Ministries of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs, responded. (ii) Shri Balbir Punj raised a matter regarding demand for an inquiry into the incidents of alleged ‘Love Jihad’ in the country and take strict measures to punish the culprits. (iii) Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy raised a matter regarding the three day bandh announced in Darjeeling. (iv) Shri Tiruchi Siva raised a matter regarding missing Indian Coast Guard personnel. (v) Shrimati Brinda Karat raised a matter regarding Supreme Court judgement on honour killing. 8. 15th December, 2009:— (i) Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu raised a matter regarding the violent situation, which has arisen after the declaration of formation of the separate state of Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh. (ii) Shrimati Brinda Karat raised a matter regarding revelations about the terrorist David Headley’s antecedents and status of FBI’s co-operation with the Indian intelligence agencies. (iii) Shri Jesudasu Seelam raised a matter regarding O.M. of Department of Personnel and Training regarding de-reservation of vacant posts belonging to SCs, STs and OBCs, as reported in newspaper. Shri D. Raja and Shri V. Hanumantha Rao also spoke. Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministries of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office and Ministries of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs, responded. (iv) Shri Bharatkumar Raut raised a matter regarding the intelligence inputs about a Bangladeshi terrorist outfit allegedly 22 planning for attacks on Mumbai and Hyderabad in the near future. (v) Shri Mohammed Amin raised a matter regarding the indefinite strike by the Jute Mill workers in West Bengal. Shri R.C. Singh also spoke. (vi) Shri Raghunandan Sharma raised a matter regarding demand to curb the alleged sale of meat blended with cow flesh in Uttar Pradesh and other states in the country. (vii) Shri Nand Kishore Yadav raised a matter regarding spreading of Brain fever in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. (viii) Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav raised a matter regarding selling of rice by farmers of Uttar Pradesh at below MSP. 9. On 16th December, 2009, Shri Tapan Kumar Sen raised a matter regarding the countrywide protests and demonstrations being staged by the Central Trade Unions. Shri S. S. Ahluwalia also spoke. 10. 18th December, 2009:— (i) Shri S.S. Ahluwalia raised a matter regarding selling of Gurudwara land in Lahore. Shri S.M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs, responded. (ii) Shri Manohar Joshi raised a matter regarding the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute. (iii) Shri Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi raised a matter regarding inadequate assistance to Rajasthan to fight the drought situation. (iv) Shri Tariq Anwar raised a matter regarding shooting of workers from Bihar in Manipur. (v) Shri Ali Anwar Ansari raised a matter regarding suicide by weavers in the country. (vi) Shri Amar Singh raised a matter regarding land acquisition by Railways in Uttar Pradesh. 11. 22nd December, 2009:— (i) Shri Rajniti Prasad raised a matter regarding inhuman and deplorable activities being carried on the children in public shows in Jahanabad District of Bihar. 23 (ii) Shri S.S. Ahluwalia raised a matter regarding withdrawal of the army from Jammu and Kashmir. (iii) Dr. Prabha Thakur raised a matter regarding gang rape of a school girl in Kanpur. (iv) Shrimati Brinda Karat raised a matter regarding Ruchika’s sexual harassment case. (v) Shri Syed Azeez Pasha raised a matter regarding problems of Barauni railway station. (Total Time taken: 4 Hrs. 25 Mts.) .