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Sonia Gandhi in Rajya Sabha creates unique Congress chief-LoP & CPP head hierarchy

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Sonia Gandhi in Rajya Sabha creates unique Congress chief-LoP & CPP head hierarchy

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

Budget session from today; Oppn MPs’ suspension set to be revoked

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Budget session from today; Oppn MPs’ suspension set to be revoked

The government has said that it has requested the presiding officers of both the Houses to revoke suspension of MPs, in an apparent move to ensure smooth conduct of Parliament’s budget session, which will begin from Wednesday.The session will begin with President Droupadi Murmu’s address to the joint sitting of both the Houses. Union finance … Read more