New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the second time on Monday after the Opposition members refused to maintain silence and continued with their relentless sloganeering. Krishna Prasad Tenneti, sitting on the Chair, tried to advise the Opposition MPs to sit at their places and let the House carry on with the proceedings; however, the leaders continued to create a ruckus by raising slogans.As Congress parliamentarians urged the Chair to let Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi deliver hi…
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New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Amid the controversy that arose after the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, challenged the Central government over its objection to quoting excerpts from an unpublished memoir of former Army Chief General M.M. Naravane, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday said he will set up a library accessible to everyone to provide information on the contribution of the Nehru-Gandhi family, including published and banned books. Dubey, who has often targeted the Congress…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday stated that the Henderson Brooks-Bhagat Commission report, which indicted the Nehru government for the disgraceful defeat inflicted by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, has remained confidential since 1962. In a post on X, Kiren Rijiju wrote, “Our govt is led by a matured leader. Since 1962, Henderson Brooks-Bhagat Commission report has remained secret. It indicted Nehru Govt for the humiliating defeat at the han…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s quip about Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s age — suggesting the 83-year-old Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha be allowed to raise slogans while seated — set the tone for a stormy afternoon in Parliament. Delivered with characteristic sharpness, the remark drew immediate fire from opposition benches, who were already engaged in sloganeering in the Upper House.They interpreted it as a jibe at Kharge’s seniority and physical con…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Sticking to its combative stand in the Lok Sabha, the Congress on Thursday claimed that there was nothing unprecedented about the Leader of the House being prevented from replying to the Motion of Thanks by protesting Opposition members.Jairam Ramesh, Congress MP and party General Secretary incharge of communications, shared an old video footage of Lok Sabha proceedings in which the then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh informs the House that he was prevented from replyin…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday intensified its criticism of Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of displaying “unparliamentary” and “childish” behaviour during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament and slammed him for calling Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu a “traitor”. The Opposition in turn hit back accusing the ruling party of attempting to bring religion into the spat between Bittu and Gandhi for politic…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla passed the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address on Thursday amid constant sloganeering by the Opposition MPs. After a one-hour adjournment, the House reconvened at 12 p.m. amid Opposition protests. After the motion was passed, the Lok Sabha was again adjourned till 2 p.m.With constant sloganeering in the background, the proceedings saw a heated exchange this week as the Opposition members repeatedly clashed with the Treasury Benches over …
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was briefly adjourned on Thursday after the Opposition created a ruckus in the House by raising slogans. Speaker Om Birla advised the Opposition MPs to maintain the decorum of the House; however, when the sloganeering did not stop, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon.This comes amid days of disruptions in the Parliament following the ex-Army chief’s book row and India-US trade deal.Earlier on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address in Parliament,…
Chennai, Feb 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M.K. Stalin on Wednesday launched a strong attack on the BJP-led Union government over the suspension of eight opposition Members of Parliament from the Lok Sabha, calling the action undemocratic and politically motivated. He questioned why the Centre appeared reluctant to face scrutiny on issues of national security and governance raised by the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. Condemning the suspensions, S…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) On Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Rahul Gandhi, citing a published article with excerpts from the book by former Army chief General Manoj Naravane in the Lok Sabha over the India-China standoff, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday stated that he was quoting from a published source which he had authenticated, and questioned what the problem was in him speaking about it in the House. This comes as a fresh bout of confrontation between Congress MP Rahul Gandhi an…