Parliament diary: Mamata sends sweets to Lok Sabha Speaker

TMC parliamentary party whip Kalyan Banerjee recently met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and handed over a packet with a letter from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee wishing him all the best. When the Speaker asked Mr Banerjee about the gift packet, the MP said that the chief minister had sent special sweets for him. The special sweets are available only in one shop in his constituency. Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee used to like those sweets. Ms Banerjee used to regularly send those sweets to Mr Vajpayee till he was alive.

This time Ms Banerjee didn’t send any sweet gift for Prime Minister Narendra Modi because during the Lok Sabha polls the PM mentioned that Mamataji sent him sweets regularly.

AIADMK out to protect their office in Parliament

Newly elected YSR Congress parliamentary party was offered the room which was previously occupied by Telugu Desam Party. As the number of TDP MPs has been reduced, they were asked to leave that office. But YSR Congress refused to take TDP party office as for them it was an unlucky room. They requested the Speaker’s office to allot them the room of AIADMK. However, AIADMK argued that they were a pre-poll ally of Bharatiya Janata Party whereas YSR Congress has not joined NDA so far. Therefore, they have legitimate right to keep that room which they used for last five years.

Congress MP raises issue of Malda mango

One member of parliament  from Maharashtra presented Alphonso mangoes to the chairman of Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. There was a discussion on the best quality mangoes. One Bengal member of parliament  claimed that Malda mango is the best in the country. Congress MP from Malda, Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury said that mango farmers of Malda are in distress as they do not get adequate market to sell their mangoes. He urged the government to arrange a fruit processing unit to save the famous mango of Malda which is generally liked by national-level politicians.