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Lok Sabha Speaker to hold discussions on Anti-Defection Law with presiding
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will meet the Presiding Officers of the Legislative Bodies in India on July 15 in Parliament premises, Lok Sabha secretariat said in a statement.
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DMK MP Wilson to introduce private bill seeking time-limit for Governors t
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): DMK Rajya Sabha MP P Wilson will introduce a Private Member Bill in Parliament on Friday seeking to amend Article 200 of the Constitution of India and fix the time limit for Governors to decide on the Bills sent by State Legislatures.
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House should be center of dialogue, not deadlock: Lok Sabha Speaker
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday said that the MLAs should ensure that Legislatures become the center of discussion and dialogue, and not deadlock.
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Disruptions in legislatures negate Constitution's spirit, says Vice Presid
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday asserted that legislatures should respect people's mandate to governments and added that disruptions in legislatures negate the Constitution's spirit.
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Disruption is Contempt of the House, says RS Chairman Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): In a first by any Presiding Officer of the legislatures in the country and in the context of rising disruptions, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday unequivocally held that disruptions of proceedings amount to "contempt of the House" an
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Saddened by 'new low' witnessed in Parliament recently, says Vice Presiden
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 18 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday expressed his anguish over disruptions in parliament and state legislatures and called upon people's representatives to act as "role models" in raising the standards in public life and setting an
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LS Speaker suggests setting up control rooms in legislatures to aid effort
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday suggested that presiding officers may set up control rooms in their legislatures which may be used by the people's representatives to report difficulties of people to the government in the situation created by COVID-19
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Derailing debates is derailing democracy: Vice President
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 27 (ANI): Expressing his concern over frequent disruption in legislatures and parliament and also a decline in standards of debates, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that "disruption means derailing debate and derailing democracy and the n
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Opposition parties, including Congress and RJD, condemn attack on legislat
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): The Opposition parties on Wednesday condemned the attack on MLAs in the Bihar assembly during the passage of the Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, 2021.
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US state legislatures boost security arrangements following Capitol riots,
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): US state legislatures and law enforcement officials are boosting security arrangements at capitol complexes around the country following the violent insurrection last week as well as in the wake of warnings by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of ar
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Representing people in legislatures can't be part-time activity: Vice Pres
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], January 10 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has said that legitimacy of legislators and lawmaking bodies is critical for the effective functioning of parliamentary democracy backed by much-needed trust and confidence of people.
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Five Eyes Alliance expresses concern over Hong Kong legislators' disqualif
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 19 (ANI): The United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada and Australia on Wednesday reiterated their serious concerns regarding China's imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong and called on Beijing to reconsider their actio
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