New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the Opposition for bringing a notice seeking the removal of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and also took a swipe at the Congress and the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) for allegedly stoking pandemonium in the House with false claims.HM Shah rejected the specific claim that the LoP was not allowed to speak in the House, saying that the Lok Sabha functions according to established rules and every member is expected to abide …
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New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, replying to the no-confidence motion against Lok Speaker Om Birla, stated that the latter enjoys tremendous ‘goodwill and support’ across party lines, so much so that many Opposition members remain dismissive of the motion against him but are bound to support it out of ‘political compulsion’. “About 50 MPs from the Opposition have met me and confided that they are against this motion, but out of their political com…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) As Parliament reconvened for the second phase of the Budget Session, Congress MPs intensified their criticism of Om Birla, backing the Opposition’s no-confidence motion against the Speaker.Congress MP Mallu Ravi said the motion has been brought because Opposition members were repeatedly prevented from speaking during proceedings.“Today we are bringing resolution to remove the speaker because he is not allowing the Leader of Opposition to speak. Not only the Leader o…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Municipal Chairman of Egra Municipality in East Midnapore district has been arrested on charges of corruption, said the police on Saturday.A senior officer in East Midnapore district police said that Swapan Kumar Nayak, the chairman of Egra Municipality, was arrested in Kolkata on Friday on charges of illegally leasing government land and financial corruption.East Midnapore’s acting Superintendent of Police, Mithun Kumar Dey, said that the arrested Eg…