"The BRICS represent the interests of developing countries. Today we are happy that the BRICS are striving to establish a more inclusive global governance system," Om Birla said in his remarks at the plenary session of the two-day meeting of the BRICS Parliamentary Forum that began in St...
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said the Supreme Court's landmark judgment "reminds us that whenever the Congress has come to power, it has damaged the Constitution".BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala said the decision has rectified the historic mistake that the Rajiv Gandhi government...
New Delhi, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday raised doubts over the way Speaker Jagdeep Dhankhar is running the Upper House and claimed that in no country does the Speaker of a House "frequently interrupt" members during the course of his speeches. .Addressing a press conference here...
The forum is held with the theme "The role of parliaments in strengthening multilateralism for fair global development and security."The Indian delegation also includes Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Rajya Sabha MP Shambhu Sharan Patel, Lok Sabha General Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh and...
New Delhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will lead the Indian parliamentary delegation to the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia from Thursday.The delegation will include Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Rajya Sabha member Shambhu Sharan Patel, Lok Sabha...
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will address the Maharashtra Legislature on July 11 on 'enhancing democratic values and ethics in the country', official sources said on Tuesday.Dhankhar, who is also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, was invited by the presiding officers of the...
New Delhi, After several of its leaders defected to Congress, BRS working president K T Rama Rao on Tuesday criticized Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, saying he "acts at Oscar level to protect the Constitution".K T Rama Rao (KTR) also said that the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)...
"In the 2023 elections, we won 39 seats, but after the passage of one MLA, we were left with 38. Since then, the Congress has inducted seven of our MLAs," the BRS working president said.Taking aim at LoP Rahul Gandhi, KTR said: "The same person who frequently shows the Constitution while...
In New Delhi, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has initiated breach of privilege proceedings against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha for allegedly making "derogatory" comments against former Upper House Speaker Hamid Ansari.In his letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar...
New Delhi, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday hit out at Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar over his criticism of Congress leader P Chidambaram's comments on new criminal laws and said it is not the opposition which insults parliamentary procedures on a daily basis.Sibal's comments came a day...
New Delhi, TMC MP Derek O'Brien on Saturday said it is the government's duty to run Parliament smoothly and there should not be a "bulldozing of bills" during the budget session, rejecting the opposition's demand to appoint one of its members as the Lokpal. Repeated. Assembly Vice President...
In New Delhi [India], Congress leader Jairam Ramesh lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his apparent reference to former Vice President Hamid Ansari in Parliament, calling his comments "horrible and unacceptable."This comes after Prime Minister Modi, during the recent session of...
New Delhi [India], Delhi's Tis Hazari Court on Saturday extended the judicial custody of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar for the next 10 days in the case of alleged assault on Rajya Sabha MP, Swati Maliwal. It was produced through videoconference (vc) after the...
Thiruvananthapuram Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on Saturday lashed out at Congress leader P Chidambaram for his comment that the three new penal laws were "drafted by part-time workers", calling them "unforgivable" and urging him to withdraw his remarks." derogatory, defamatory and "insulting"...
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi violated all parliamentary norms by accusing then Rajya Sabha president Hamid Ansari of having a "tilt" towards the opposition when the BJP came to power in 2014.In his reply to the motion of thanks on the...
In New Delhi, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday accused BJP chief J. P. Nadda of making "false" claims in Rajya Sabha that the grand party was responsible for B. R. Ambedkar's defeat in the Lok elections. 1952 Sabha.The Congress leader cited a book to claim that Ambedkar had blamed...
New Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh has been appointed the President of AAP Parliamentary Party.He has also been elected the leader of the party in Rajya Sabha."Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has always given me the opportunity to raise my voice from the streets to...
New Delhi [India], Aam Aadmi Party on Friday appointed Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh as president of AAP Parliamentary Party.Sanjay joined the AAP in 2012 and over time became one of the party's most visible and senior leaders.Singh was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2018 and re-elected this year...
New Delhi: A fresh vacancy was created in the Rajya Sabha on Friday when House Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar accepted the resignation of K Keshav Rao, who had given up his membership as BRS MP after joining the Congress.Rao was a Rajya Sabha member of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) from Telangana...
In Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar criticized West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) cannot refute statements made by the Prime Minister on Cooch Behar and Sandeshkhali."There is a rule in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...