After the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Congress leader KC Venugopal on Thursday said that CWC unanimously adopted the resolution to fight the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections both as a party in its own right and also as a member of the INDIA group.
Maharashtra Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Thursday lodged a complaint at Kalachowki police station in Mumbai and demanded the registration of an FIR against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee over the mimicry row of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Amid an ongoing North-South divide debate, Union Minister and Lok Sabha MP from Amethi, Smriti Irani, criticised Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and the Gandhi family's "stance" on the matter and questioned the motives behind such a debate in the country.
"So many MPs are being suspended only for asking for a statement from the Home Minister. Why is the Home Minister not giving a statement? Why is PM not giving a statement?" Priyank Kharge said.
Referring to this, Chowdhury said, "Mimicry is an art. No one said this mimicry was on Dhankhar ji. He is accepting it himself. Why is he taking it on himself, no one said his name. Does it suit a person on such a high post to talk about caste?"
The Jat Association expressed strong criticism on Tuesday towards Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee for mimicking of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, stating that the Jat community will respond to this act of disrespect in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday expressed his pain over suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee apparently mimicking him during a protest in Parliament premises and said it is "unacceptable" and "the institution of Chairman has been ravaged"
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.
Standing firm behind expelled Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and calling her expulsion "unfortunate," West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that expelling TMC MP without giving her chance to defend herself was "wrong".
After being suspended from Lok Sabha for the remaining part of the Winter Session, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that BJP-led Centre is running a bulldozer over the opposition to hide the failures of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.