Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday moved an Adjournment Motion notice to discuss the Parliament security breach incident, which has been a key reason for repeated disruptions of House proceedings since it happened.
After five Congress Lok Sabha members were suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of winter session earlier in the day on Thursday, nine more opposition MPs were suspended from the House for the same period for "unruly conduct".
Reacting to the Union Minister Giriraj Singh's 'Thumka' remarks for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, TMP MP Mahua Moitra lashed out at BJP and called them 'Misogynists' adding that their party cannot digest the success of an independent woman in this country.
"We, the Shiv Sena, Sharad Pawar-led NCP and Congress are going to contest the election together (in Maharashtra). BJP has strength has not increased, the break Shiv Sena, NCP and other parties. They want to make themselves capable by breaking others. But people of Maharashtra think differen
"We are in third position in the entire country out of 1350 registered political parties. And at the pace we are growing, my heart says that one day the Aam Aadmi Party will rule the country, leaving behind BJP and Congress," Kejriwal said in his address to the party workers.
Samajwadi party spokesperson Fakhrul Hasan Chand on Wednesday said the SP has decided to fight on 65 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, adding that the remaining 15 seats will be given to the INDIA bloc.
Terming as "very serious" the cash for query charge against Mahua Moitra, BJP leader Priyanka Tibrewal on Thursday said the onus was on the Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP to convince the ethics committee during her appearance on October 31 that she had done nothing wrong.
"We felt that at the same time we needed to remember that there was a larger issue at stake here and the reason behind all of this which is that there is a dehumanising occupation continuing at many places," Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor said.
The Women's Reservation Bill that seeks to provide a 33 per cent quota for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies was introduced in the Lok Sabha today in the ongoing special session of Parliament and will be taken up for discussion on Wednesday when the House will meet at 11 am.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday slammed the Centre on the second day of the Special Session in Parliament and said that the federal structure is getting weakened under the Central government.
After Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the new Women's Reservation Bill, Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday said that the 128th Constitution Amendment Bill is a betrayal of the women‘s movement and their struggle for greater democratic representation in law and policy-
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