Dehradun, April 28 (IANS) The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly will convene a special session on Tuesday in Dehradun, where the state government is likely to move a censure motion against Opposition parties for allegedly “opposing” and “blocking” the Women’s Reservation (Amendment) Bill in Parliament. The session is expected to witness sharp exchanges between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition, Congress, with both sides already stepping up their political attacks ahead of the p…
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Patna, April 19 (IANS) The Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) on Sunday announced that it will on April 22 organise protest marches across all party district headquarters across Bihar against what it described as a “reprehensible act” by the Mahagathbandhan parties, who opposed the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha. This comes as the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, was defeated in the Lok Sabha on Friday after it failed to get enough votes to pass. In a statement, the RLM, BJP’s ally …
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday asserted that the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, should not be interpreted as a setback for the Centre or the BJP, but rather as a “huge blow” inflicted on the nation by Congress and other Opposition parties.He made the remarks during a press conference held a day after the Bill was voted down in the Lok Sabha. The proposed legislation, which sought to provide 33 per cent reserv…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Congress General Secretary and Wayanad MP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Saturday said that through the “unity” of the Opposition, the Centre’s “conspiracy” to allegedly alter the federal structure and weaken democracy was “defeated”. She made these remarks during a press conference following the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha a day earlier.The Bill, which aimed to provide 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament, failed to…
Hyderabad, April 18 (IANS) The Telangana Police on Saturday placed the State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President N. Ramchander Rao under house arrest after the party gave a call to hold a protest against the Congress following the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha a day before. The NDA will launch a nationwide protest campaign on Saturday against the Opposition INDIA bloc over the issue.Party leaders said protests will be organised at the district headquarters…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The floor leaders of the Opposition will meet at Congress National President and Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge’s chamber in the Parliament Complex at 10 A.M. on Saturday. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will not attend the meeting as he will be travelling to Tamil Nadu for the election campaign.This comes a day after the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha.The Bill, which aimed to provide …
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday credited the Opposition INDIA bloc’s unity for the defeat of the Amendment Bill related to the women’s reservation in Lok Sabha. “The Amendment Bill has fallen. They used an unconstitutional trick in the name of women to break the Constitution. India has seen it. INDIA has stopped it. Hail the Constitution,” he said on social media platform X.Earlier, LoP Gandhi’s ‘magician’ barb, purportedly aimed at the P…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that a member of the panel of chairpersons can preside over the Lok Sabha when a resolution to remove the Speaker is being considered. In response to this Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi stated that “in future, when there will be research on parliamentary records, statistics will tell that Kiren Rijiju was the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, who interrupted the Opposition the most.”This exchange came as Gaurav …
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday raised procedural and constitutional objections in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing discussion on the resolution seeking a no-confidence motion against Speaker Om Birla.Participating in the debate, Gogoi cited parliamentary rules and said that the Speaker should not preside over proceedings when a resolution seeking his removal from office is under consideration.He said that the Speaker appoints a panel of chairpersons and questioned…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police on Tuesday took custody of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) National President Uday Bhanu Chib, along with seven others, in the AI Impact Summit shirtless protest case. Meanwhile, a Delhi court remanded Chib to four days of police custody following his arrest in connection with the shirtless protest. Chib was produced before the Patiala House Court after his arrest by the Delhi Police earlier in the day.The investigating agency sought seve…