New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has raised serious concerns over the Civil Aviation Ministry’s handling of passenger complaints, questioning the Union government’s claim that 97 per cent of grievances have been addressed. In a post on Thursday on social media platform X, Tharoor said the Ministry has failed to clearly explain what it means by “addressed” and whether complaints are actually resolved to the satisfaction of passengers or simply acknowledged.He added that while t…
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New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Congress high command on Thursday moved to firm up its organisational structure in Kerala ahead of the April–May Assembly elections, appointing senior leaders Ramesh Chennithala and Benny Behanan to head two key poll committees.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge approved the appointment of veteran legislator and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Ramesh Chennithala as chairman of the campaign committee.Senior Lok Sabha member Benny Behanan has been named ch…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 12 (IANS) While much of the country witnessed limited disruption during Thursday’s Bharat Bandh, Kerala came to a near-total standstill, reviving debate over the state’s bandh culture and allegations of selective enforcement, but some CPI(M)-linked units functioned at a few places in the state. Across districts, shops remained shuttered and public transport services were suspended. KSRTC and private buses stayed off the roads, with only a handful of private vehicles, most…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Left Democratic Front (LDF) led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will secure a record third consecutive term in the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary M.A. Baby said on Wednesday.”In Kerala, we have the Left Democratic Front government winning two elections consecutively in 2016 and 2021. We are hopeful that we may get a third term if we are able to explain to the people about the remarkable achievements of the …
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday initiated the discussion on the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha after several days of repeated disruptions as the House reconvened following its second adjournment of the day, triggered by persistent sloganeering from Opposition members. Participating in the debate on behalf of the Congress, Tharoor delivered a sharp critique of the Budget, describing it as a missed chance to address pressing economic concerns.He remarked that the Unio…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned at 11:01 a.m. on Tuesday, having reconvened just a minute earlier at 11:00 a.m. This resulted in only one minute of proceedings in the House.The adjournment occurred as Opposition MPs continued their sloganeering, a pattern they have followed throughout the past week. They have been demanding that the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, should be allowed to speak in the House. However, the Speaker gave him permission to …
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday claimed that Speaker Om Birla assured him that he would be allowed to speak before the Union Budget discussions in the house, triggering a rebuttal from Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and subsequent pandemonium, which led to an adjournment for the day. The Lok Sabha reconvened at 2 p.m. after being adjourned for the second time in the day. However, just seven minutes after reconvening, it wa…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the second time on Monday after the Opposition members refused to maintain silence and continued with their relentless sloganeering. Krishna Prasad Tenneti, sitting on the Chair, tried to advise the Opposition MPs to sit at their places and let the House carry on with the proceedings; however, the leaders continued to create a ruckus by raising slogans.As Congress parliamentarians urged the Chair to let Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi deliver hi…
Srinagar, Feb 7 (IANS) Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday expressed regret that disruptions in Parliament prevented him from introducing a Private Member’s Bill on the rights of Kashmiri Pandits, a proposal he first drafted and submitted in 2021.Taking to X, Tharoor said the repeated adjournments deprived him of the opportunity to table the bill, despite it finally being listed after nearly five years.“The disruption of Parliament yesterday deprived me of an opportunity to int…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, should be allowed to speak in the Parliament, asserting that objections raised to his remarks during the President’s Address had created a larger parliamentary issue. Reacting to the disruption, Tharoor said the Leader of the Opposition was merely quoting material that was already in the public domain.”The LoP should be allowed to speak. He was quoting a matter …