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style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, -181.45918%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.5649717514124294% 0.5649717514124294% 0.5649717514124294% 0.5649717514124294% \/ 1.2048192771084338% 1.2048192771084338% 1.2048192771084338% 1.2048192771084338%\" id=\"el-26d051c6-e0f2-4584-9ba4-c0092df735b1\">\n<h2 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.6521186440677973% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.436893em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #e4e5e6\">Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have seen some of the lowest productivity rates this session<br 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