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Lok Sabha Speaker meets leaders of parties to urge smooth functioning
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Upset over repeated disruptions in the House, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday held a meeting with leaders of various political parties and emphasised that noise would not help solve anything.
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Women's Reservation Bill will be discussed in Winter Session: LS Speaker
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday said a number of key issues, including reservation for women, have been lined up for discussion during the Winter Session of Parliament.
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Lok Sabha speaker questions indefinite reservation
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Questioning the effectiveness of offering reservation in education and jobs for an indefinite period, Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan underscored that even the Father of the Indian Constitution, BR Ambedkar wanted quotas for only 10 years.
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Teary-eyed Sumitra Mahajan remembers Somnath Chatterjee
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan got emotional while remembering former speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who passed away in Kolkata on Monday.
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Sumitra Mahajan condoles Karunanidhi's death
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), August 8, (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday condoled the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief, Muthuvel Karunanidhi.
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Owaisi criticises Centre over 'hasty' 2+2 dialogue
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi wrote a letter to Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan saying the government was taking a hasty decision by agreeing to the '2+2' dialogue with the United States.
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Rafale deal: Congress moves privilege motion against PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday announced to move privilege motion in the Lok Sabha against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman "for making misleading statements" during the raging debate on the No-Confidence Mo
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Rahul's wink improper: Sumitra Mahajan
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Friday came down heavily on Congress President Rahul Gandhi's "wink" after hugging Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his speech.
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BJD may abstain from no-trust motion voting
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 19 (ANI): The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is likely to abstain from no-confidence motion voting, moved by the TDP against Narendra Modi-led Central government, a party source said on Thursday.
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No-trust motion: TDP MP refuses to attend crucial session, says he is 'fed
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): A day after Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan accepted Telugu Desam Party's (TDP) no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi Government, MP JC Diwakar Reddy has decided not to attend the session as he is "fed up" of his party and the Centre.
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Panda pleads Sumitra Mahajan to accept resignation
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Odisha MP Baijayant Jay Panda met Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday and urged her to accept his resignation.
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Speaker Sumitra Mahajan urges MPs to ensure Parliamentary decorum
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Citing repeated adjournments of the House without any business being transacted in some sessions of the 16th Lok Sabha, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has penned a letter to all members of the lower house.
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