Trade impact, memorials among issues raised in Rajya Sabha

All over Zero Hour in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday (February 11, 2026), contributors demanded upright memorial for Anushilan Samiti revolutionaries in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, curbs on Korean cell video games, and correct to recall elected representatives. Points much like granting Constitutional put to the Nationwide Commission for Minorities and the impact of the bilateral commerce agreement with the United States on soybean farmers in Madhya Pradesh were also raised at some stage in Zero Hour.

Trinamool Congress MP Ritabrata Banerjee said 12 revolutionaries were convicted in Alipore Conspiracy Case and deported to Andaman in 1909. He said three among them — Barindra Kumar Ghosh, Ullashkar Dutta, and Hemchandra Kanungo — were central to the Jugantar and Anushilan Samiti networks.

“They are conveniently forgotten. They would presumably aloof be given their due appreciate. These revolutionaries would possibly perchance aloof be infamous. Busts of these three revolutionaries would possibly perchance aloof be region up in Andaman due to these revolutionaries by no manner wrote mercy petitions, by no manner ever wrote mercy petitions, and they’re conveniently forgotten,” Mr. Banerjee said.

Congress MP Jebi Mather Hisham, relating to the cases of the deaths of three sisters in Ghaziabad and a younger lady in Kerala, said childhood are no longer in a put to call the reality and the myth world. “They are going to rupture a virtual world, influenced by social media, and especially they share the nervousness of this Korean snarl material, on-line video games, and pa that is available in the country now,” Ms. Hisham said.

DMK MP P. Wilson requested the Union govt to grant Constitutional put to the Nationwide Commission for Minorities. “In recent years, India has witnessed a annoying escalation in focused violence against minority communities. Mob lynching, attacks on pastors, monks, the systematic vandalism of church buildings and mosques,” he said, and added that the posts of chairperson, vice-chairperson, and all contributors of the rate are lying vacant. “It sends a chilling message that minority Constitutional safeguards shall be left unaddressed indefinitely,” he added.

Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha demanded an instantaneous mechanism for voters to de-elect MPs and MLAs on the grounds of non-efficiency or misconduct. “Five years is a prolonged tenure for the overview of efficiency of elected representatives. There would possibly possibly be no such thing as a occupation where you underperform for 5 years with zero penalties. Globally, greater than 20 democracies, including the United States and Switzerland, present for some form of recall or voter-initiated getting rid of mechanism at diversified ranges of govt,” he said.

Ashok Singh of the Congress said soybean farmers of Madhya Pradesh shall be badly impacted by the bilateral commerce. “1.25 crore soybean farmers are already facing disaster as a consequence of the decrease in costs. Now, the govt. has allowed import of soybean oil and animal feed,” he said.