JPC chairperson and BJP MP Jagdambika Pal NEW DELHI: With opposition MPs “boycotting” the scheduled study tour of members of the joint parliamentary committee on the Waqf Bill, the LS Secretariat has postponed the trips to Kolkata, Patna and Lucknow from Nov 12 to Nov 14, with a notification being issued on Monday.The secretariat decided…
NEW DELHI: TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday defended his actions days after a scuffle broke out between him and BJP’s Abhijit Gangopadhyay during the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on the Waqf Bill. Banerjee smashed a glass bottle and hurled it towards the committee’s chairperson, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, injuring himself in the process. Banerjee…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee was suspended for a day following a dramatic altercation during a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Tuesday. Banerjee smashed a glass bottle and hurled it towards the committee’s chairperson, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, injuring himself in the process. Pal condemned the…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has been elected as All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, according to the party.The party has also elected Sudip Bandyopadhyay to serve as the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, with Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar assuming the role of Deputy leader. Kalyan Banerjee has…
