New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government for “purposely linking” the proposed Delimitation Bill with the Women’s Reservation Bill.His reaction came after the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill was not allowed to pass through the lower House of the Parliament on Friday.After two days of heated debate, the Bill secured 298 votes in favour and 230 against, but still failed to cross the two-thirds majority thr…
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Thiruvananthapuram, April 5 (IANS) Congress MP Kumari Selja on Sunday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for attempting to “communalise” people. She called the BJP-led Central government as the “government of slogans”. The Congress leader also highlighted the issues of fishermen in Kerala and the issue of human-animal conflict.Selja was in Kochi to campaign for the April 9 Assembly polls in Kerala.Accusing the BJP, she told IANS, “The BJP always tries to communalise. That is their hallm…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A sharp political exchange broke out between the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha on Monday over the demand for a discussion on the escalating situation in West Asia, with both sides accusing each other of disrupting the functioning of the house.The row erupted as the opposition pressed for an immediate debate on the ongoing conflict in West Asia, while the ruling alliance insisted that the house first take up the no-confidence motion against Lo…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will on Wednesday participate in the party’s ongoing Sangathan Srijan (organisational creation) training camp in Kurukshetra, aimed at strengthening the party at the grassroots level. The programme, being held at the Punjabi Dharamshala near Brahma Sarovar, has been underway for the past nine days and involves district-level leadership from Haryana and Uttarakhand.During his visit, Rahul Gandhi will add…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh on Saturday took a U-turn on his praise for the BJP and RSS after a political row erupted over his statement. He issued a clarification, saying his comments were misunderstood.“I am a supporter of the organisation, but an opponent of the RSS and Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi. I have only praised the organisational strength of the RSS. I have always opposed the policies of the BJP and the RSS,” he told media…