Dhaka, Feb 17 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla arrived in Bangladesh on Tuesday to represent the Indian government at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected government in Dhaka. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), under the leadership of its chairman, Tarique Rahman, registered a landslide victory in the Bangladesh parliamentary elections.The BNP Parliamentary Party on Tuesday elected Tarique Rahman as its Leader, setting him up to become the Leader of the House and take the oath as …
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New Delhi/Dhaka, Feb 15 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent the Indian government at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected Bangladesh government in Dhaka on February 17, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), under the leadership of its chairman, Tarique Rahman, registered a landslide victory in the Bangladesh parliamentary elections.In its statement, the MEA said, “The Hon’ble Speaker’s participation at this impor…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Union ministers and ruling dispensation MPs on Thursday strongly criticised the alleged conduct of Congress members with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, terming it “inappropriate” and “against constitutional norms”, while the opposition party leaders defended their actions, saying they had only sought to raise procedural concerns with the Speaker.Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said that behaving in an improper manner with the Speaker was unacceptable and unprecedented.”I bel…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Lok Sabha reconvened on Wednesday and commenced with the Question Hour amid heavy Opposition sloganeering. Despite disturbances from the Opposition benches, P.C. Mohan, in the Chair, moved on to the Question Hour. Later in the day, the discussion on the Union Budget will continue in the House. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is likely to speak in the House at noon.The Opposition MPs continued to create a ruckus and disruptions during the Question…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has decided not to attend proceedings of the House until the no-confidence motion is decided, sources close to him said on Tuesday.While the Rules of Procedure do not mandate such a step, Birla has taken the decision voluntarily, sources said, adding that he will not enter the House irrespective of any attempt by the government or the Opposition to persuade him otherwise.According to sources, the motion to remove the Speaker is likely to be tak…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Tuesday slammed Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, alleging that he does not want the House to function. Tagore said that it is the responsibility of the Parliamentary Affairs Minister to ensure smooth proceedings in Parliament, but Rijiju has “developed a habit” of not running the House. Speaking to IANS outside Parliament, Tagore said, “Kiren Rijiju does not want the House to run. The job of the Parliamentary Affairs Minis…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Opposition parties on Tuesday moved a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, alleging “partisan conduct” in the functioning of the House. The notice has been submitted to the office of the Lok Sabha Secretary-General.The motion was moved by Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, under Rule 94(c) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Lok Sabha, invoking Article 94(c) of the Constitution, which provides for the remov…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday posted a video of the unprecedented and unparliamentary stand-off that unfolded in Lok Sabha on February 4, and called out the “most degrading behaviour” of Congress and opposition MPs, which could have turned the House into a battleground if not managed and handled tactfully. The incident referred to by Rijiju occurred in the Lok Sabha on February 4, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to reply to the Moti…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress over the disruption in Lok Sabha proceedings on February 4, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to deliver his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, alleging that Congress women MPs created chaos inside the House.Earlier in the day, Rijiju also shared a video that he claimed captured the sequence of events that unfolded during the proceedin…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday shared a video of the Lok Sabha proceedings of February 4 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to reply to the President’s Address in the House; however, the women MPs of the Congress party created a ruckus in the well of the House. This comes a day after the women MPs of the Congress party wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing strong objection to what they described as “grave allegations” t…