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
After proceedings in both Houses of Parliament were cut short amid a ruckus over a viral video from Manipur, purportedly showing two women being paraded in the nude, Day 2 of the 23-day Monsoon Session, on Friday, could likely witness similar scenes over the prevailing state of affairs in
“We have made it clear, respected Raj Singh and other leaders have also clarified that we are ready to discuss the issue in both houses. Manipur is a sensitive subject, a human-related subject of great sensitivity, so we want to discuss and answer the discussion in detail. There is a lot of
Day one of the monsoon session of the Parliament witnessed unruly scenes amid slogneering by the opposition over Manipur violence as joint opposition sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on the issue.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Member said that first day of monsoon session of Parliament was “washed out” because Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government not agreed to have discussion the situation prevailing in Manipur since May 3rd.
The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that as many as 2,559 Indian fishermen and a total of 63 Indian civilian prisoners have been repatriated from Pakistan since 2014.
As the Monsoon session of Parliament began on Thursday amidst the outrage over the situation in Manipur, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP TR Baalu said that he had given notice for the removal of Tamil Nadu governor for "defying" the Constitution.
Following the adjournment of Rajya Sabha, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that the Congress and opposition parties have made up their mind to not let the Parliament function smoothly.