
LIVE Parliament Winter Session 2025 Day 4: Opposition MPs held a protest at the Parliament House complex against the air pollution in Delhi as the winter session entered its fourth day on Thursday. Delhi's air quality was in the "poor" category Thursday morning, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 299.
Three Congress MPs -- Manickam Tagore, Manish Tewari and Vijayakumar, alias Vijay Vasanth -- also moved adjournment motion notices in the Lok Sabha to discuss the rising air pollution in Delhi-NCR and other parts of North India.
Inside the Parliament, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, for consideration and passing in the Lok Sabha.
The bill aims to augment the resources for meeting expenditure on national security and for public health and to levy a cess for the said purposes on the machines installed and other processes undertaken by which specified goods are manufactured or produced and for matters connected therewith.
The winter session commenced on Monday and will conclude on December 19.
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- SansadTV (@sansad_tv) December 4, 2025
FM @nsitharaman moves The Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 in #LokSabha for Consideration and Passing. @nsitharamanoffc@FinMinIndia@LokSabhaSectt@loksabhaspeaker#ParliamentWinterSessionpic.twitter.com/qWGGtcN2hm
"We Can't Drive At 130 Kmph": Congress MP In Lok Sabha, Nitin Gadkari RespondsCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge was also among the opposition leaders present at the protest.#WATCH | Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi says, "It is the responsibility of the Government to do something. Young children are suffering, and it is also difficult for elderly people like me." https://t.co/lc9n1Texocpic.twitter.com/GMupG0d53J
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2025
#WATCH | Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says, "Which season should we enjoy? Look at the situation outside. Like Sonia ji said, children are unable to breath. She has asthma, and senior citizens like her are facing breathing difficulty. The situation keeps getting worse year... https://t.co/lc9n1Texocpic.twitter.com/UW4U41ytT1
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2025
#WATCH | Delhi: Opposition MPs protest in front of Makar Dwar on Parliament premises over air pollution issue. pic.twitter.com/BoEeQQPdkH
- ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2025
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