Amid the row over the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as pro-tem speaker, the Revolutionary Socialist Party's Lok Sabha MP, NK Premachandran, said that INDIA bloc will field candidates for the Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker elections.
Amid the Congress' allegations that the BJP government at the Centre is attacking the Constitution and raising questions about its safety, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant took a dig at the party on Monday and said that the Constitution was in danger during the tenure of the Congress.
"The entire election has passed by while Rahul Gandhi was saying this. How long does Rahul Gandhi want to hang on to this matter? It has no truth; the statement is not based on the truth at all. In democracy, you go among the people with the truth and fight a simple battle. It is the adul
BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Monday rejected the Opposition's charge against Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he disregarded the Constitution and said that the latter always respected the Constitution.
Amid the row over the appointment of the pro-tem speaker, Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday slammed the INDIA bloc for holding a protest by carrying copies of the Constitution to the Parliament in the national capital.
Amid constant rants of opposition parties calming the country's constitution is in danger, JD(U) leader and Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan alias Lalan Singh rubbished such claims and said the opposition wants government intervention to refrain constitutional bodies from taking actions agains
Rahul Gandhi's statement comes after opposition leaders, including Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, staged a protest on Parliament premises holding copies of the Constitution in their hands.
Countering Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emergency remark, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge pointed out at the centre questioning how long they want to rule by talking about the emergency.
Amid the row over the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as pro-tem speaker, INDIA bloc leaders on Monday carried out a protest holding copies of the Constitution inside the Parliament premises in the national capital.
According to sources, the opposition leaders will assemble where the statue of Mahatma Gandhi was placed earlier. They are also likely to carry a copy of the Constitution with them.