The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill and The Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill passed amid din.
After a 6.5-hour debate, the upper house clears the bill. Amit Shah said the bill is not anti-Muslim and Indian minorities have nothing to fear from its passage.
The imapsse continues over issues like bank scams and special status demand for Andhra Pradesh.
PM said Kovind will make an 'exceptional President'.
Biju Janata Dal members had staged a walk-out while NDA ally Shiv Sena did not participate in the voting.
Attacking the note ban move, Yechury said the PM's assertion that it will impact terror funding has not yielded any result.
Demonetisation hit informal sector hard and caused job losses which was not addressed by the budget, Moily said.
President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Union ministers, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and various other top leaders have condoled Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's demise and paid glowing tributes to her.
'No right thinking student of politics can name one state where the BJP gains in double digits.'
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