The Lok Sabha will apply guillotine on discussion on demands for grants of several ministries on Thursday evening, marking the end of the second phase of the three-stage budgetary exercise.

Senior BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman, M.M. Joshi on Wednesday said JPC chairman P.C. Chacko should give in written his suggestions to him. Mr Chacko had on Tuesday said that the PAC should confine itself to the CAG report on 2G spectrum allocation.

The government on Wednesday rejected the BJP’s demand for re-visiting India’s “nuclear doctrine”. Minister for external affairs S.M. Krishna informed the Lok Sabha that India will continue with its “no first use” and “minimum credible deterrent policy” in view of the possible threats and challenges.

After minister for external affairs S.M. Krishna completed his reply on the demand for grant of his ministry in the Lok Sabha, members from all sides, including the ruling Congress, created ruckus in the House by raising the twin issue of golfer Amritinder Singh being asked to take off his turban at the Milan airport and the suffering of Indian students, who went to US to study at fraud Tri Valley University.

Strongly objecting to the I-T department’s notice against the Gujarat government seeking details of MoUs’ signed during the “Vibrant Gujarat” summit, the main Opposition BJP on Wednesday forced Rajya Sabha to be adjourned for the day.

The corruption issue dominated the Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with the main Opposition BJP appearing to be isolated on the issue, as the Congress, JD(S) and many other parties attacked Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. The saffron party, however, tried to hit back by demanding sacking of a tainted minister in the Delhi government.

Distance between the main Opposition BJP and the rest of the Opposition parties in Parliament is growing, giving enough time to the government to re-do its floor strategy and passage of the key legislative business in the Budget Session of Parliament, which will conclude on March 25.

A number of sons are all set to rise on the political firmament of West Bengal in the coming Assembly election. And no political party can assume the high moral ground and accuse the other of encouraging dynastic rule by favouring sons of influential leaders because this trend is visible in parties of all hues. Thus, offsprings of leaders of Congress, Trinamul Congress and even CPI(M) are being fielded in the six phase polls.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the plea of four smaller Tamil Nadu parties for issuing a direction to the Election Commission to allocate them the same symbol, which they had used in the last Assembly polls.

Unlike the previous polls, the voters of Tamil Nadu are left only with two choices in the 2011 Assembly polls: vote for freebies and welfare schemes or vote against 2G scam and family rule besides price rise.