The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has raised the issue of Special Category Status (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh at the all-party meeting convened by the Union government ahead of the Parliament session that begins on Thursday. Anti-Defection Law and reservation to Backward Classes (BCs) proportionate
The sources said the Election Commission has also received a caveat from Jayant Patil, who is with the Sharad Pawar group. He also informed the panel that they have initiated a disqualification process against nine MLAs who joined the Eknath Shinde-BJP government in the state on Sunday.
Hitting out at the BJP-led central government, senior advocate and former Congress leader, Kapil Sibal, on Saturday said the Centre 'overturned' eight elected governments and that the 10th schedule has become a "defectors' paradise".
The Supreme Court has junked a PIL seeking direction to remove Nitish Kumar from the office of Chief Minister of Bihar alleging that his appointment was in complete violation of the different provisions of the Constitution of India.
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will meet the Presiding Officers of the Legislative Bodies in India on July 15 in Parliament premises, Lok Sabha secretariat said in a statement.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 25 (ANI): As the battle to claim the legacy of Bal Thackeray intensified with Eknath Shinde-led rebel MLAs naming their group as 'Shiv Sena Balasaheb', Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Saturday passed a resolution to take legal action against them and said
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 24 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called for amendment in the anti-defection law because of the "loopholes" and said that there has to be clarity in the law that delivers the decision against the defectors within six months.
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari challenging the West Bengal Assembly Speaker's decision not to disqualify Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Mukul Roy under the anti-defection law.
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday inaugurate a meeting of the National presiding officers to be held in Shimla on November 17 and November 18 to commemorate the centennial year of the All India Presiding Officers' Conference (AIPOC), the
Kolkata [India], July 17 (ANI): West Bengal BJP vice president Jay Prakash Majumdar on Saturday said Speaker of the state legislative assembly Biman Banerjee is a "shame" for the post as he has no knowledge of Anti Defection Law.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said that his party will approach Calcutta High Court for enforcing anti-defection law in the state.
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday issued letters to MPs Shishir Adhikari, Sunil Kumar Mandal, and YSRCP rebel K Raghu Rama Krishna Raju in response to petitions received under the anti-defection law, said sources on Thursday.