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Congress lays 'nyay thrust' in Lok Sabha poll manifesto, gives push to job
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress released its 2024 Lok Sabha poll manifesto here on Friday making of a slew of promises to various sections of society including a legal guarantee for MSP, 50 per cent reservation for women in government jobs, repealing Agnipath scheme, doubling GDP in next ten years, strengthenin
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"Attempt to pressurise SC...": Uddhav Thackeray on appointment of Rahul Na
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Following the appointment of Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar as the head of the committee to review the anti-defection law, Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray called the move an attempt to 'pressurise the Supreme Court'.
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"Time has come to take cognizance of anti-defection law...": Congress MP M
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Monday said that the time has come to take the anti-defection law which has been enshrined in the 10th schedule of the Indian constitution adding that this law is unable to achieve its objective due to the rising incidents of defections in the previo
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YSRCP raises Special Category Status for Andhra Pradesh at all-party meeti
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
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
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Sharad Pawar represents NCP, says Congress leader Udit Raj
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
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.
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It's government vs citizens: Kapil Sibal tears into Centre, claims misuse
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
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".
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SC dismisses PIL asking to remove Nitish Kumar from Bihar's CM post
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
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.
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Lok Sabha Speaker to hold discussions on Anti-Defection Law with presiding
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
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.
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Go seek votes in name of your fathers, not Bal Thackeray: Uddhav warns leg
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
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
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VP Naidu seeks modification in anti-defection law as it is plagued with lo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
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.
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SC refuses to entertain Suvendu Adhikari's plea against WB Speaker's decis
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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PM Modi to inaugurate meeting of National presiding officers in Shimla on
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
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
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