For the second day in a row, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Friday amid ruckus created by the Opposition party members over ethnic violence in Manipur seeking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement as well as suspension of business to hold detailed discussion on the issue.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led government over the Manipur incident and said women of the country will throw the party “out of the country's politics” in the coming elections
Amid renewed calls for his resignation and the ruckus in Parliament over a viral video Manipur, purportedly showing two women being paraded in the nude, Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday evaded a question on the demand for him to step down, saying his job was to restore peace to the
The two Houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day on Thurdsay following adjournments and opposition protests over their demand for discussion on Manipur violence by suspending other business of the day and a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi
As the continued ruckus over the Manipur situation saw a washout in both Houses on the second day of the Monsoon Session, Union minister Anurag Thakur on Friday hit out at the Opposition members, accusing them of disrupting parliamentary proceedings.
"The FIR was lodged on May 18 and it was a zero FIR. I'm sure that the police had this video but, from May 18 till this date, we are sitting idle without taking any action on it. Now they have taken action because the video has been leaked and got viral," Shiv Sena (UBT) leader said.
Rajya Sabha faced adjournment for the second consecutive day on Friday with the Opposition parties protesting on the ethnic violence in Manipur and seeking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement followed by a detailed discussion on the issue by suspending the listed business for the day
Amid the din from the Opposition benches on the demand for discussion on the Manipur violence, Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday assured all members in the Lok Sabha that the Centre was ready and willing to discuss all issues with regard to law and order in the Northeast state.
Amid fears of a washout in both the Houses of Parliament after the adjournments on the opening day of the Monsoon session over the demand for a discussion on the Manipur situation, eight major reports of three department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees were tabled in the Rajya S
Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Friday following protests by opposition MPs over their demand for a discussion on the situation in Manipur by suspending other business of the day.
Bollywood actors Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor Khan, on Thursday, reacted to incident in which two women in were paraded nude and assaulted in Manipur.