Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Monday witnessed adjournments as treasury benches sought to corner Congress over purported remarks of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar relating to the Constitution with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and Union Health Minister JP Nadda
Days after the Karnataka government granted four per cent reservation to minorities in public contracts, BJP MP Mayank Nayak on Monday slammed the move and accused the Congress of playing "politics of religion."
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of making a law based on religion and said the Karnataka government's decision for reservation to the main minority in public contracts stems from a practice that has been in existence in the state since
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has extended its full support to the ongoing protest by students against the Telangana State Congress government's decision to allegedly put the lands of Hyderabad Central University up for sale.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Monday submitted a breach of privilege notice to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar against Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju for "misleading" the House over Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar's reported remarks on the Constitution.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday alleged that there was no will to protect rhino during Congress regime. He said that in the Assam assembly during the Congress rule only 25 cases of anti-corruption were registered in Assam from 2011 to 2014.
Referring to the Congress government's decision to provide four per cent reservation to Muslims in public contracts, Jairam Ramesh said that reservation for the main minority community as part of OBCs was introduced in Karnataka in 1994, and there have been many chief ministers since then
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday slammed the BJP over its protest on his purported remarks relating to the Constitution and said Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to twist his remarks and he is consulting his legal team.
Earlier today, following protests by Congress and AIUDF against BJP MLA, Assam Minister Pijush Hazarika accused Congress MLA Nurul Huda of physically assaulting Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly, Numal Momin.
However, Shivakumar on Monday accused the BJP of twisting his remarks on the Constitution to spread disinformation, denying claims that he advocated changing the Constitution and warned of legal action against those spreading misinformation about his statement.