NEW DELHI: With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, the contentious Citizenship (amendment) Bill and the one on banning triple talaq have lapsed as they were not passed by Rajya Sabha.
The two bills could not be passed by Rajya Sabha in the Budget session, the last Parliament session of the outgoing Government.
The term of the present Lok Sabha was to end on June 3, but with the election process over, President Ram Nath Kovind dissolved the lower house on Saturday.
The first session of the 17th Lok Sabha is likely to commence from June 6.
Bills introduced in Rajya Sabha and pending there do not lapse with the dissolution of Lok Sabha. Bills passed by the Lok Sabha, and pending in the Rajya Sabha, however, lapse.
The opposition had been opposing provisions of the two bills in Rajya Sabha where the Government lacked numbers. (AGENCIES)
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