The first meeting of the JPC on the ‘one nation, one election’ bills on Wednesday was marked by a flurry of questions from panel members, with opposition MPs calling the legislations an assault on constitutional norms and BJP and allies arguing that they served the nation’s broader interests.. The session saw law ministry officials outlining…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose on Thursday submitted a privilege motion notice against parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju, accusing him of making derogatory remarks against opposition leaders in the Upper House. The notice has been endorsed by 60 opposition MPs, according to sources.The move comes after Rijiju, addressing opposition members on…
NEW DELHI: Minister of parliamentary affairs and minority affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday smacked the opposition over the Parliament ruckus stating that while the government has the majority to “pass bills even without discussion,” it refrains from doing so as it believes such actions are not appropriate.“We can pass bills even without discussion because we…
NEW DELHI: Chairperson of the JPC scrutinising the Waqf Bill, Jagdambika Pal, Thursday said the panel’s draft report is ready to be taken up for discussion in Parliament, even as opposition MPs in the committee demanded an extension of the Nov 29 deadline for more deliberations on the report.The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) has been…
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: The meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, on Monday witnessed tense moments as AAP member Sanjay Singh is learnt to have objected to the examination of Delhi Waqf Board administrator Ashwini Kumar, contending that the report submitted by him was not approved by the Delhi chief minister.According to…
Opposition MPs on Tuesday wrote to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla raising concerns over “gross violations” of the parliamentary code of conduct in the Joint Parliamentary Committee meet on Waqf bill.“At the beginning of his remarks, Manippady circulated a note titled ‘Presentation on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2012 based on Karmataka Waqf Scam Report 2012’…
NEW DELHI: The Joint Committee of Parliament that met on Monday to discuss the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, saw opposition MPs boycott the meeting, alleging that the panel did not function as per rules. The opposition MPs alleged Anwar Manippadi of making unnecessary charges against Karnataka government and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.Opposition MPs like Gaurav…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh revealed on Sunday that in September 2016, four Opposition MPs had attempted to engage with Hurriyat Conference leaders as part of the central government‘s efforts to initiate peace talks in Kashmir. However separatist leaders refused to meet with the delegation, Singh said while addressing an election rally in the…
