Joint committee report on Land Bill to be tabled in Winter session: As it happened

2:36 PM: Rajya Sabha adjourned till Tuesday.

2:17 PM: Congress opposes any change in retrospective clause of 2013 Land Bill in JPC meeting.

2:16 PM: Joint committee report on Land Bill to be tabled in Winter session of Parliament, Congress and TMC seek more time

2:15 PM: JDU MP KC TYagi raises the issue of appointment of Bihar Governor.

2:10 PM: The government never found a middle way or solution to let the House function: Sharad Yadav

2:05 PM: Sushma Swaraj issue is just an excuse by Congress to block the GST Bill: Arun Jaitley

2:04 PM: In Rajya Sabha, most political parties want Parliament to function. The Congress does not want to pass the GST Bill: Arun Jaitley

2:02 PM: Opposition raises slogans in Lok Sabha demanding the Prime Minister to speak.

1:53 PM: Congress party is completely isolated. The Cong cannot stop the GST, so they want to delay it: Arun Jaitley

1:50 PM: Today at the all-party meet called by the Speaker, all parties have expressed their view that the House should run. Only Congress is in a disruptive mood: Arun Jaitley

1:49 PM: The main intention of the Congress party is to block GST in this session. They do not want country to progress: Arun Jaitley

1:48 PM: During all the attempts by government to discuss with various Congress leaders to break the deadlock, it is being felt that within Congress as well only two leaders are continuing with disrupting the House: Arun Jaitley

1:12 PM: During the meeting that was called by the Speaker, Mulayam Singh refused to support congress unless they had some issue to raise: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

1:11 PM: Congress Vice President is not interested in speaking inside Parliament. They are only interested in making statement outside the House: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

12:51 PM: We agree that Parliament must function. But Prime Minister must clear his stand clear on Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Rahul Gandhi

12:50 PM: The Congress is fighting for the special category status to Andhra Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi

12:47 PM: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 PM.

12:41 PM: Home Minister Rajnath Singh gives a statement in Lok Sabha on the temple tragedy in Jharkhand's Deogarh district amidst uproar by Opposition.

12:29 PM: Government trying to isolate Congress. It is trying to bring Opposition parties together to put pressure on Congress to give up their hard stand: sources

12:28 PM: We want the House to function. We won't support Congress protest: Mulayam Singh Yadav

12:21 PM: Samajwadi Party is of the view that Congress should find out a middle path and let the discussion take place. Allegations against Sushma Swaraj should be raised in the House. Mulayam said if Congress is rigid then they will not support congress: Government sources

12:05 PM: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 PM

11:40 AM: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan holds meeting Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal United, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Aam Aadmi Party and Trinamool Congress leaders on Parliament logjam.

11:29 AM: Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon.

11:26 AM: We want the House to run: Mulayam Singh Yadav

11:24 AM: Uproar continues in Lok Sabha as opposition members enter the well of the House.

11:20 AM: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 noon.

11:14 AM: It is wrong for Congress to say that the government is anti-federalism. Their own CMs had tweeted their support. The Nagaland leaders tweeted welcoming the Naga Peace Accord but later under pressure from the Congress leadership, they removed the tweets: Arun Jaitley

11:14 AM: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley accuses the Congress of not letting the government speak in Parliament.

11:14 AM: Opposition enters the well of the Rajya Sabha with playcards in hands and raising slogans following Ghulam Nabi Azad's statement.

11:11 AM: The issues that have disrupted the proceedings in both Houses have not been addressed by the Prime Minister and other senior government leaders in Parliament: Ghulam Nabi Azad in Rajya Sabha

11:09 AM: Lok Sabha speaker does not accept Kharge's adjournment motion.

11:09 AM: Sushmaji has not provided assistance on humanitarian grounds: Mallikarjun Kharge

11:08 AM: We have given adjournment motion on Lalit Modi row and Vyapam scam. Sushma Swaraj's statement on Lalit Modi row is using or misusing the absence of Opposition in the House. What Sushmaji has done is not for the country: Mallikarjun Kharge

11:02 AM: The Opposition continues uproar in the last week of Monsoon session.

10:57 AM: Congress MPs enter Parliament with placards, wearing black arm bands

10:43 AM: Congress to move adjournment motion on Vyapam scam and Lalit Modi row in Lok Sabha.

10:36 AM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets senior ministers including Arun Jaitley and Manohar parrikar to chalk out strategy for last week of Monsoon session

10:13 AM: We'll put forth our demand before the House, our protest will continue in democratic manner: Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge

Twenty five Congress MPs, who were suspended by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan last week, will rejoin Parliament Monday as their five-day ban comes to an end. With no work being done in the first three weeks of the Monsoon session, it remains to be seen whether the Opposition will let the House function in the last week.

Adding to the government's misery, the Janata Dal United has given a notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the appointment of the new Bihar Governor. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that he was not consulted over the appointment of the Governor.