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After logjam ends, political parties agree on smooth functioning of Lok Sa
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
After the Lok Sabha was adjourned at 11:15 am on the second day of the Winter Session, Speaker Om Birla summoned opposition floor leaders and ministers for a meeting to resolve the disruptions and restore order in the House.
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Parliament impasse broken as government, opposition agree to dates for dis
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The Lok Sabha will discuss the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram on December 8, and electoral reforms on December 9, with an all-party meeting resolving the impasse over the opposition's demand for discussion on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
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We will corner government in debate on electoral reforms: Derek O'Brien
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien has said that the opposition parties accepted government's proposal for discussion on electoral reforms in the spirit of parliamentary democracy and made a tactical change in their stance.
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"10 hours each has been fixed": Congress MP K Suresh on discussion over Va
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
According to Suresh, the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting decided that Vande Mataram will be discussed on Monday, followed by electoral reforms on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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"Taking out anger over this defeat in Parliament is not right": Kiren Riji
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
In a breakthrough to the stalemate in Parliament over opposition's demand for discussion on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, an all-party meeting chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has decided that discussion on 150th Anniversary of 'Vande Mataram' will take place f
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Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi moves adjournment motion in Lok Sabha over electo
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
"At a time when faith in institutions is already strained, irregularities in voter lists raise serious questions about the commitment of authorities to uphold the democratic mandate," Gogoi wrote in his notice to the Lok Sabha Secretary-General.
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MP Tiruchi Siva moves suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha to disc
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
"I seek your consent, under Rule 267 of t he "rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the council of states to suspend Rules 15, 23, and 51, and any other business listed under any other rule in the List of Business- Revised or otherwise- for 2nd December, 2025, to discuss the follo
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Lok Saha sees adjournments on first day of winter session; PM Modi highlig
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Lok Sabha saw adjournments on the first day of the winter session and the government and treasury benches sparred in the Rajya Sabha as the government went ahead with its legislative agenda.
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Government not undermining any matter brought by opposition parties: Kiren
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said the government is ready to discuss any matter, but the opposition should not insist on timelines.
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"Election Commission has blood on its hands": TMC MP Sagarika Ghose demand
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
She also alleged that "The unaccountable Modi government is obstructing the House by refusing to take up discussions."
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"Govt not honouring its assurances on electoral reforms": DMK MP Tiruchi S
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
"Today, in the all-party meeting, we raised the same issue (SIR)... Earlier too, we raised that electoral reforms must be given priority over any other subject... They said that it can be taken up later... Today, they started the listed business. And when we asked them about the assurance
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Parliament winter session: After heated first day, Oppn MPs to protest on
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The first day of the winter session of the Lok Sabha saw repeated sloganeering by the Opposition parties alleging electoral fraud.
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