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Here are top 10 points on the Winter Session: The government will likely move the 'One Nation, One Election' bill today to constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee comprising 27 Lok Sabha MPs and 12 Rajya Sabha MPs as it ends the Winter Session on a stormy note. The past few weeks saw frequent disruptions and protests - the latest impasse resulting in a police case against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi after the BJP filed a complaint over two of its MPs getting injured during a protest at the Parliament's Makar Dwar. The Congress—which has also filed a police complaint alleging party chief Mallikarjun Kharge was injured after being pushed by BJP MPs—has termed the case against Mr Gandhi a "badge of honour.

"A case against him for defending Babasaheb's legacy is a badge of honour," Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said. BJP MPs Pratap Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput - who are now in hospital - had suffered injuries during parallel protests from the Treasury and Opposition benches outside the parliament. The protests followed Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comments in Rajya Sabha that taking BR Ambedkar's name had become a "fashion" now - which the opposition deemed as "insulting".



"It has become a fashion to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar'. If they had taken God's name so many times, they would have got a place in heaven," Mr Shah had said. While Mr Shah has accused the Opposition of distorting facts and using clipped videos, the Con.

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