Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, met with the Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh at the Bangladesh High Commission in Kolkata on Monday.
Eyewitnesses report that the security forces employed excessive force, targeting the protesters deliberately. This act is seen as a severe violation of the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression, fundamental human rights that are protected under international law.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday affirmed that her state will oppose any kind of agreement between India-Bangladesh on the Teesta River, as sharing of Teesta water will mean "depriving north Bengal of water."
Leader of Opposition of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Mata Prasad Pandey, said on Monday that they always had been PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) people, countering the opposition alleging the Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav betraying the backward and Dalits.
In February, seven SP legislators voted for the BJP nominees in the Rayja Sabha poll. Rakesh Pratap Singh, one of the seven SP MLAs, voted for the BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls. He is an MLA from Gauriganj assembly seat in Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
"These four Cabinet Ministers were part of this Assembly. I introduce them as part of the Cabinet in this House," Adityanath said while speaking at the Assembly.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a legislative party meeting ahead of the State Assembly Monsoon Session commencing on Monday. Deputy Chief Ministers Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya were also present in the meeting.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday congratulated SP leader Mata Prasad Pandey for getting appointed as Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Uttar Pradesh assembly.
Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor announced on Sunday that he would launch a new political party on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2.
Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday appointed party leader Mata Prasad Pandey as the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday appointed party leader Mata Prasad Pandey as the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said that the government will ban PTI and will begin proceedings against it for "treason" for dissolving the National Assembly during a no-confidence motion in April 2022