NEW DELHI: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to send notices to around 20 members of parliament (MPs), who were absent during voting on the bill meant for the “one nation, one election” in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, reported a news agency ANI citing sources.The MPs from the BJP were absent in the…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday showcased his sporting side at a friendly cricket match between Parliamentarians, where he supporters were delighted to his skills with the bat.The match, held at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, saw the Lok Sabha Speaker XI, led by Anurag Thakur, take on…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Saturday targeted leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, saying he lacks basic knowledge about the Constitution. “Some people carry the Constitution, but cannot tell how many pages it has because they have never opened it,” the Hamirpur MP said in the House.He also cited senior Supreme…
NEW DELHI: In the proposed bills on ‘one nation one election‘, to be tabled in Lok Sabha Monday, the government has argued that there is an imperative need for holding simultaneous elections for various reasons as polls have become expensive and time-consuming.In the Constitution (129th) Amendment Bill, 2024, the government has stated that imposition of…
NEW DELHI: Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reacted to PM Modi’s over 110-minutes speech on the Constitution debate in Lok Sabha and said she got bored. Expressing disappointment, Vadra said that PM Modi did not “speak anything new or constructive” and it was like sitting through a “double period of mathematics” in school. “The PM…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said that Trinamool Congress member of Parliament Kalyan Banerjee has submitted a written apology for his remarks against Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, besides apologising in the House.As soon as the House met, some members belonging to BJP-led NDA stood up to raise the issue of remarks…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha witnessed a heated exchange on Wednesday as TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee made a personal remark against union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia‘s family and appearance leading to an uproar in the House.The confrontation during a discussion on amendments to the Disaster Management Act when Banerjee accused the central government of non-cooperation during…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday told his party MPs not to react to comments of “middle- and low-rung” leaders from the INDIA bloc while asserting that the Congress party, being the largest in the alliance, was capable of addressing issues.The sources told news agency PTI that Rahul Gandhi,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to respond to the two-day debate on the Constitution in the Lok Sabha on December 14, according to media reports citing Parliament sources. The debate, a primary demand from the opposition alliance for the winter session, is set to begin with defence minister Rajnath Singh‘s opening remarks.In…
Priyanka Gandhi and Sambit Patra (R) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Friday responded to BJP MP Sambit Patra‘s remarks, where he referred to leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi as a “traitor of the highest order.” She said that, for her brother, “nothing is above this country.”“Those who can call Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi,…
