Priyanka Gandhi, Anurag Thakur to be part of 31-member JPC on ‘One Nation One Election’ bill | India News – Times of India

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (left) and Anurag Singh Thakur / File photos NEW DELHI: The central government will be sending the bills meant for simultaneous elections to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), comprising 31 parliamentarians, including Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi, Manish Tewari, BJP’s Anurag Singh Thakur and Anil Baluni.The JPC for the “One Nation One Election”…

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‘Don’t react’: Rahul Gandhi to Congress MPs as INDIA allies weigh leadership options | India News – Times of India

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,…

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VP rejects calls for debate on farm issue, Congress walks out of RS | India News – Times of India

Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar NEW DELHI: Even as Congress and other parties latched on to Vice-President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar’s statement on Tuesday that farmers were in distress, Dhankhar turned down the opposition’s adjournment notices on the farmers’ issue in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday and accused them of doing “drama” by pointing…

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Jagdeep Dhankhar defends RSS in Rajya Sabha, opposition protests | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday strongly defended the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and said it had “unimpeachable credentials” and he would not permit any member to single out an organisation which was “doing national service”.Dhankhar’s comments came after SP member Ramji Lal Suman, while talking about National Testing Agency chairperson, said…

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