New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan on Monday called upon House members across all sides to uphold the dignity, discipline and decorum of this august institution and promote meaningful deliberations.In his opening remarks at the start of the Monsoon Session, Radhakrishnan said that while differences of opinion are integral to parliamentary democracy, they must be expressed in a manner that preserves the sanctity of the House.“Disruptions should not be allowed to u…
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New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Chairman, C.P. Radhakrishnan on Monday administered the oath of office and secrecy to many newly elected members of the House, on the first day of the Monsoon Session.The elected representatives hailing from different political parties became new Rajya Sabha members after the biennial elections held recently.Those who took the oath of office include Congress leader Pawan Khera, Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, and Prakash Chik Baraik (West Bengal).Mahesh K…
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Actress-turned-politician and Trinamool leader, Rukmini Mallick, popularly known as Koel Mallick, has resigned from the Rajya Sabha, just three months after being elected to the Upper House.She is the fourth Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member to resign since June this year, after the results of the recently concluded West Bengal elections were declared, which marked the landslide defeat of the Trinamool Congress.Earlier, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Ch…
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates — Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — filed their nominations on Monday for the bypolls to three vacant Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, scheduled to be held on July 24.All three were Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha members. However, they resigned from the Upper House of Parliament last month before the completion of their respective terms, necessitating bypolls to the three seats.On the afternoon o…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) Three former Rajya Sabha members of the Trinamool Congress, who resigned from the Upper House of Parliament last month and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) earlier on Thursday evening, have been nominated by the BJP as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha bypolls to the seats vacated by them.On Thursday evening, BJP’s West Bengal president and Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya welcomed the three former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha members — Sukhendu Sekhar Roy,…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) Three former Rajya Sabha members of the Trinamool Congress, who resigned from the Upper House of Parliament last month, on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party’s state headquarters in Salt Lake, Kolkata. BJP’s state president in West Bengal and Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya welcomed the three leaders – Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev, and Prakash Chik Baraik – and handed over the party flag to them.Bhattacharya clarified that allo…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced that by-elections to the three vacant Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal will be held on July 24, with the results to be declared on the same day. The by-elections for the vacant seats have been necessitated by the resignations of three Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha members, namely Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik. They resigned from the party soon after the results of the West Bengal ele…
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) As Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) battles turmoil within and faces ouster of legislators as well as Parliamentarians, a month after the recent West Bengal Assembly poll defeat, the beleaguered party found support from one of its Rajya Sabha MPs Babul Supriyo. Supriyo on Thursday issued a small video message on social media platform X and said in clear terms that he was neither joining any party nor any faction, apparently referring to the rebel bloc proposed…
Ranchi, June 11 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Jharkhand Assembly, Babulal Marandi, on Thursday termed the resignation of Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik as a sign of changing political outlook of the tribal community.He said the development indicates that the tribal community is rising above appeasement and dynastic politics and aligning itself with nationalism and development-oriented politics.In a post on X, Babulal Marandi said that Prakash Chik Baraik, through his resi…
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) After resigning from the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Prakash Chik Baraik has also quit the primary membership of the Trinamool Congress.“The recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections had given a specific mandate. So as a mark of respect to that specific mandate, I decided to resign from the Rajya Sabha. At the same time, I have also decided to quit the Trinamool Congress. In the coming days, I will be working as per the instructions of the Chief Minister,” Baraik…