BJP is holding state-level review meetings to assess its Lok Sabha seat losses. A central leader supervises and inspires party members at each meeting as the party seeks to reassure workers that the fewer seats are due to external factors and that the party will do well in the future. Party leaders told ET that … Read more
New Delhi: Various right-wing groups on Tuesday held a protest meeting against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s recent “not Hindus” remark in the Lok Sabha and asked the Congress leader to refrain from “insulting” the community. The protest meet was organised here under the banner of Sarva Hindu Samaj. The meeting was also attended by … Read more
After challenging BJP that the opposition alliance will defeat the party in Gujarat in his maiden address in the 18th Lok Sabha early this month, Rahul Gandhi brought the political battle to the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. Visiting Ahmedabad to meet the party workers and families of the victims of … Read more
Amid heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the Parliament complex, jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who were granted parole to take oath as members of the Lok Sabha, were sworn in as MPs on Friday. While Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, is in Delhi’s Tihar … Read more
Last Updated: July 03, 2024, 22:35 IST Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla (Image/ANI) The amendment came against the backdrop of several members raising slogans like “Jai Samvidhan” and “Jai Hindu Rashtra” while taking oath last week With some Lok Sabha members resorting to sloganeering during oath taking, Speaker Om Birla has amended the rule which … Read more
Delhi High Court New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed an appeal seeking to debar Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Lok Sabha, saying the allegations levelled in the plea are reckless and unsubstantiated. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said they were in agreement with the single judge … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Congress is a “parasite” that feeds off its allies and mocked Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for his “juvenile behaviour”. Replying to motion of thanks on the President’s address in Lok Sabha, Modi said, “After 2024 elections, Congress will be termed a parasite. It won 99 seats by … Read more
Ambadas Danve, the leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra legislative council. File pic/X Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Ambadas Danve allegedly used foul language in the House on Monday while responding to a discussion on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s now-expunged remarks in the Lok Sabha Ambadas Danve, the leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra legislative … Read more
As Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expunged portions of Rahul Gandhi’s speech, questions were raised over the efficacy of this move in times of live telecast and digital media. Rule 380 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha vests the Speaker with power to order expunction of words – which … Read more
Last Updated: July 02, 2024, 22:15 IST PM Modi replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address in the Lok Sabha. (Image: Sansad TV) When a marshal came to give a glass of water to PM Modi who spoke for about two and a half hours, he offered it immediately to Congress MP … Read more
