New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Congress MP Manish Tewari on Monday submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha, seeking a discussion on the need for a new anti-defection law to address what he described as mass political defections driven by opportunism while safeguarding genuine ideological dissent. In a notice submitted to the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, Tewari urged the House to suspend its scheduled business to deliberate on the…
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New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Lok Sabha Speaker’s office and six rebel Shiv Sena(UBT) MPs on a plea filed by Shiv Sena(UBT) leader Arvind Sawant challenging the Speaker’s decision recognising their merger with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena under the anti-defection law. A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe sought responses from the respondents and posted the matter for further hearing after two weeks.The notices were issued to the L…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal has moved the Supreme Court by filing a writ petition as a party-in-person challenging the interpretation of the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution, contending that the existing legal position on political mergers is diluting the anti-defection law. The petition, filed against the Union of India, was assigned Diary No. 42846/2026 and filed on July 20, according to details available on the apex court’s official website.Appearing before a Bench…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Several Opposition Members of Parliament on Tuesday submitted notices in both Houses of Parliament seeking discussions on issues ranging from the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak and alleged irregularities in the examination system to police action against protesters in Delhi and the need for a new anti-defection law. Rajya Sabha member Syed Naseer Hussain moved a notice of motion in the Upper House, demanding an immediate discussion on the alleged NEET-UG paper leak and the con…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Congress Lok Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs) will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Monday at the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) office in Parliament, just ahead of the Monsoon Session. During this meeting, the parliamentarians will be briefed on the decisions made during the Opposition floor leaders’ meeting, as Congress finalises its strategy for the session.The Monsoon Session is set to commence on Monday and will run until August 13, featuring a total of 19 sittings over …
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The recognition of the merger of rebel SS (UBT) with Shiv Sena (Shinde) by the Lok Sabha Speaker has been welcomed by the latter, as they described the move as an indication of a crumbling outfit under Uddhav Thackeray and also a victory for progressive politics under Eknath Shinde. Speaker Om Birla approved the merger of six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs with Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Saturday, validating their switchover under the anti-defection law, ahead of the Parliamen…
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) In a series of social media posts on Wednesday, the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) congratulated its Parliamentary party leaders after scoring one of the most stunning political realignments in modern Indian history by becoming a major force in the Lok Sabha overnight. The Facebook posts came after the party having earlier declared Sudip Bandopadhyay as its Floor Leader, Shatabdi Roy Deputy Leader, and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar the Chief Whip in the Lower House….
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Party-hopping in the political arena is a phenomenon witnessed since long where various reasons make political leaders exit one organisation for another, yet most today will fail to match the frequency of transit by two names from Haryana who were said to have influenced the coinage of “Aya Ram, Gaya Ram”. It was the late 1960s, much before the anti-defection laws came into being, when some legislators from the state, such as Hira Nand Arya and Gaya Lal, executed their …