Kumar mentioned that discussions related to stopping the division of people in society and uplifting Dalits, backward classes, the poor, and women were also held in the meeting.
Congress leader and former Speaker at the Lok Sabha Meira Kumar on Saturday paid tribute to former Deputy Prime Minister Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary, praising his unifying legacy.
Khera recalled India's response under United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-led government when Indian diplomat Devyani Kobragade was "handcuffed and strip searched" in the US in 2013.
"This is a serious incident. Serious action should be taken on this security breach incident. I am not able to understand why no major action is being taken on this incident," Meira Kumar told ANI.
Following the controversy that erupted over the mimicry of Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said that we should not link everything with caste.
Congress leader Meira Kumar on Monday said that the opposition's Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is very strong and will defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
Former Speaker and Congress leader Meira Kumar on Sunday said, "These are legal matters. Arrests are made under the law. This is a different path. Politics has nothing to do with this."
Even as his absence from the flag hoisting event at the Red Fort raised the hackles in the ruling BJP at the Centre, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday raised the tricolour at the AICC headquarters in the national capital.
While speaking to ANI, Arjun Ram Meghwal said," Everyone knows that the old parliament building did not have that many seats. There was a need for a new Parliament building and the Opposition knows it very well. The discussion for the new parliament came when Meira Kumar was the speaker o
To lay the framework for the multi-partisan National Legislators' Conference (NLC), a round table discussion was held in the national capital on Monday to formulate effective legislative practices and promote the Prime Minister's mantra to "reform, perform and transform".