Bengaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) Responding to the charge by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that Prime Minister Narendra Modi evaded the discussion on the motion of thanks to the speech of the President in the Lok Sabha, BJP state President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra said that the culture of evading responsibility originated from the roots of the Congress party. “First find Rahul Gandhi, who is missing, to resolve the leadership tussle in Karnataka,” he mocked. In his statement addressed to CM Sidda…
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New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Women MPs from the ruling BJP have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing gratitude for “upholding” and “protecting” the dignity and sanctity of the House during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address on February 4. This comes a day after the women MPs of the Congress party wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker expressing strong objection to what they described as “grave allegations” that they had “threatened or attempted to obstruct” Prime …
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Opposition parties’ reported plan to move a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker was criticised by sources in the government and in the office of Om Birla on Monday, alleging that an attempt was being made to push a false narrative over the unprecedented developments in the House on February 4. The sources issued a strong rebuttal to the Opposition’s allegations that there was no imminent threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Opposition women…
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said he had advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to attend the House amid concerns over disorder, citing information that an inappropriate incident could have taken place near the Prime Minister’s chair. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Birla said, “With immense sadness, I want to inform the House that yesterday, the way a few MPs behaved in the Lok Sabha chamber was unprecedented. This has never happened in the history of the Lok …
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Sticking to its combative stand in the Lok Sabha, the Congress on Thursday claimed that there was nothing unprecedented about the Leader of the House being prevented from replying to the Motion of Thanks by protesting Opposition members.Jairam Ramesh, Congress MP and party General Secretary incharge of communications, shared an old video footage of Lok Sabha proceedings in which the then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh informs the House that he was prevented from replyin…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) On Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Rahul Gandhi, citing a published article with excerpts from the book by former Army chief General Manoj Naravane in the Lok Sabha over the India-China standoff, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday stated that he was quoting from a published source which he had authenticated, and questioned what the problem was in him speaking about it in the House. This comes as a fresh bout of confrontation between Congress MP Rahul Gandhi an…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday wrote to Speaker Om Birla, reminding him of the responsibility of being an “impartial custodian of the House” while accusing the latter of preventing him from speaking in Lok Sabha at the behest of the government.In a letter addressed to Birla, Gandhi wrote, “For the first time in Parliamentary history, on the behest of the government, the Speaker has been forced to prevent the Leader of the Opposition from speaking o…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbanand Sonowal, started the discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Apart from Sonowal, five noted speakers from the BJP will participate in the marathon discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address.Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the Union Minister said, “The President’s address to the joint session of the Parliament has been a remarkable one. It is the first…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address on February 4. Sharing details of the marathon debate beginning today, he said that Sarbananda Sonowal will initiate the discussion and it will see at least five noted speakers from the BJP joining the discourse today. He also slammed the Opposition for persistent negative mindset and refusi…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) On the eve of Parliament’s Budget Session, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stated on Tuesday that during an all-party meeting, he informed the members that the primary focus of the session will be the Budget; however, the government remains receptive to addressing any other issues that may require immediate attention. “The main issue is how to run the House smoothly and contribute richly to the experiences and ideas of all the members. So, that is what we are expecting fro…