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Triple Talaq deferred, PM Modi's remarks expunged as monsoon session ends

Minister Ananth Kumar says session was more productive than previous two, Lok Sabha productivity at 118%, Rajya Sabha's at 68%; Lok Sabha passed 21 Bills and Rajya Sabha, 14

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech in Lok Sabha on Lok Sabha on 'no-confidence motion' during the Monsoon Session of Parliament

Archis Mohan New Delhi
The Monsoon Session of Parliament, the penultimate session of the current Lok Sabha, ended on Friday with the government deferring bringing the ‘triple talaq’ Bill in the Rajya Sabha because of lack of consensus and Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu expunged remarks made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the House that were found to be "objectionable".

Members said they couldn’t remember the last time remarks made by a prime minister had to be expunged by the chair. The PM had made the remarks on Thursday while referring to the opposition's candidate B K Hariprasad for the post of Rajya Sabha