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Simultaneous polls panel meets to ready action plan
The high-level committee formed to explore the feasibility of simultaneous polls under former president Ram Nath Kovind met on Saturday to decide on its action plan and discuss how to go about holding consultations with the stakeholders. The government had, on September 2, notified the eight-member “high-level” panel to...
Chouhan mocks Rahul on porters interaction
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for carrying a “suitcase with wheels” on his head during the latter’s recent interaction with porters. Gandhi had interacted with porters at Anand Vihar railway station in Delhi on Thursday and images showed him in...
Opposition wants Bidhuri remarks to go to privileges panel
Opposition parties will write to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s use of abusive language against BSP MP Danish Ali in the House and demand that the matter be sent to the privileges committee, sources said on Friday. One of the sources said a letter...
Insult to parliament, says Congress
The Congress on Friday strongly condemned BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s objectionable remarks in the Lok Sabha against BSP parliamentarian Danish Ali and demanded his immediate suspension from the House. Describing the remarks as an insult to all MPs, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the apology offered by Union...
Ajit faction’s disqualification plea against Sharad camp
The Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party has submitted a petition to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar seeking disqualification of 10 MLAs affiliated to party founder Sharad Pawar. The petition was filed on Thursday by Anil Bhaidas Patil, who is the chief whip of the Ajit Pawar...
Kejriwal attributes free power to God’s grace
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said his government is providing free and round-the-clock electricity supply as he has God’s blessings. Inaugurating development works in the Mahipalpur area of the Bijwasan Assembly segment on Friday, Kejriwal said only two states, Delhi and Punjab, ruled by the AAP have provided...
Women’s Bill to dominate Modi’s poll campaigns
With the Special session of Parliament over, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the election campaign of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on September 25, Monday, with massive rallies in the capitals of both the states. The successful passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament is...
Rajnath regrets BJP member’s remark against BSP MP
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday expressed regret in the Lok Sabha for certain “objectionable” remarks made by BJP member Ramesh Bidhuri. Participating in a discussion on the Chandrayaan-3 mission in the Lok Sabha, Bidhuri made certain remarks against BSP member Kunwar Danish Ali, leading to furore in the...
Gehlot uses more derogatory words against Shekhawat
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday called Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat “good for nothing” — using the derogatory words “nikamma” and ”nikara” that he once used for fellow Congress leader Sachin Pilot. The chief minister was lashing out at the BJP-led government at the Centre for not...
O’Brien’s jibe at BJP on women’s reservation
The BJP could not find a single woman in 16 NDA states to become chief minister, TMC MP Derek O’Brien said on Thursday during the debate on the women’s reservation bill introduced in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, a day after it was cleared in Lok Sabha by an overwhelming...
FIR against CM Sarma for hate speech against Sonia
An FIR has been filed against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for alleged hate speech during a Jan Ashirwad rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Vaishali district earlier this week. The FIR was filed on the complaint of Assam’s leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader Debabrata Saikia at the Nazira Police Station in Sivasagar....
Was told to ‘go home and cook’, recalls Supriya Sule
Amid a debate on women’s reservation bill in Lok Sabha, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule on Wednesday attacked the ruling BJP, saying a former Bharayatiya Janta Party Maharashtra chief had asked her to go home and cook food. Speaking in the Lower House of Parliament today, the...
Bill incomplete without OBC quota, says Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the women’s reservation bill is incomplete without the provision for quota for other backward classes. He expressed his support for the bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha, and batted for its immediate implementation. Not only this, he made a strong...
Kovind says India safe with PM Modi at helm
Former president Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his vision and leadership and said the country is “undoubtedly in safe hands” when he is at the helm. Addressing an event organised to release a book on the prime minister’s life and contribution, Kovind described...
BJP, Cong credit war over Women’s Reservation Bill
A loud credit war has broken out between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the main opposition Congress over the Women’s Reservation Bill, which was hanging fire for 27 long years. BJP sources suggest that the Congress has “never been serious” about the bill and only paid “lip service”....
Sonia Gandhi calls for early implementation
Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi led the debate on the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha on behalf of the party. She called for the early implementation of the bill, which according to current indications will come into force only in 2029. Highlighting the sacrifices and...
Women’s bill ‘election jumla’, says Opposition
The opposition on Tuesday termed as an “election jumla” the women’s reservation bill brought by the government with many leaders raising questions over the proposed legislation, contending it doesn’t account for reservation for OBC communities and that it will be effective at the earliest by the 2029 Lok Sabha...
BJP claims missing ‘Socialist, Secular’ terms as per original
After Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s big claim that Preamble in the new copies of Constitution does not have the words “socialist” and “secular”, BJP has said “it was like this only” when Constitution was made. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday claimed Preamble in new copies of...
