New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi’s Rajya Sabha debut is a unique Congress event. As chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP), Gandhi will now share the Opposition front row with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who Gandhi appointed/nominated as Leader of the Opposition. LoP leads the Opposition benches, while the CPP chairperson leads Congress MPs, including Kharge … Read more
A Delhi court has directed Tihar Jail officials to take Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh, who is arrested in the excise scam case, to Parliament on Tuesday to enable him to take oath as a Rajya Sabha member. Special Judge M K Nagpal directed the jail superintendent to ensure adequate security during Singh’s movement. … Read more
The Congress has stepped up efforts to set its house in order in Himachal Pradesh and is holding parleys with senior ministers of the state where its government was on the edge after six party MLAs switched sides and helped the BJP nominee win the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state. The party on … Read more
Prime Minister Modi gesturing to the crowd during a public meeting at Nandanam in Chennai on March 4. | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan Central government employees protest delays in promotion, threaten non-cooperation if demands not met Central government employees have threatened a “non-cooperation movement” if an expedited decision is not taken regarding their promotions and … Read more
JP Nadda on Monday resigned from his position as Rajya Sabha MP where he represented the Himachal Pradesh seat in the Upper House of the Parliament. BJP National President’s resignation has been accepted by the Rajya Sabha Chairman. “Jagat Prakash Nadda, an elected Member of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha), representing the State of … Read more
After turmoil in Congress, BJP is keeping a close watch on the developing political situation in Himachal Pradesh. Earlier in the day, the party demanded division of votes on the budget in the assembly. But before that, 15 BJP MLAs, including leader of the opposition, Jairam Thakur, were suspended from the assembly. “The Congress government … Read more
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Wednesday suspended 15 BJP MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, and adjourned the House. They were suspended for misbehaviour and shouting slogans in the House. “We are apprehensive that Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania might suspend the BJP MLAs so that the budget can be passed … Read more
Former prime minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh will end his 33-year-long parliamentary innings in the Rajya Sabha in early April, just as former party chief Sonia Gandhi enters the Upper House of Parliament for the first time. Singh, who is known for ushering in several bold reforms in the economy, became a member of … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Devendra Pratap Singh on Wednesday filed nomination papers for the only Rajya Sabha seat from Chhattisgarh for which election will be held on February 27. The ruling party chose Singh as its candidate in place of its incumbent Rajya Sabha member from the state, Saroj Pandey. He submitted his papers to … Read more
JD(U) national general secretary Sanjay Kumar Jha, a close aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will be the party’s candidate for biennial Rajya Sabha polls, sources said on Tuesday. Jha, who is a member of the state legislative council, will be sent to the Upper House of Parliament, the party sources said, adding that … Read more
