The bypoll to Mainpuri parliamentary seat was held on December 5, and over 56 per cent of voting was recorded. The parliamentary seat had fallen vacant after the demise of SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav.
As the BJP makes a clear lead in the assembly elections in the state, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday said that the Gujarat model is being endorsed and accepted by people.
Referring to the sublimity in the dialogue, discussions, deliberations and debates in the Constituent Assembly on sensitive, complex and ethical issues, Dhankhar said obstruction and disruption of parliamentary proceedings are antithetical to democratic values.
Accusing LS TV, Gandhi said that the channel never turns towards the opposition in the parliamentary session whenever they try to raise the issues like demonetisation or China.
In his maiden speech in Rajya Sabha on the first day of the winter session of Parliament, the Vice President said democracy blossoms and flourishes when its three facets - the legislature, the judiciary and the executive scrupulously adhere to their respective domains.
Earlier in the day, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised the issue of denying parliamentary standing committee chairmanships to Opposition parties in the Lok Sabha.
Former Sikyong or political leader of the Central Tibetan Administration Lobsang Sangay highlighted China's human rights abuses in Tibet, East Turkestan, and Southern Mongolia at the official launch of Japan's new parliamentary group in Tokyo, an official statement of the Asia Society said o
Parliamentary affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi MOS Parliamentary affairs Muralidharan and Arjun Ram Meghwal along with the leader of the house Piyush Goyal attended the meeting on behalf of the government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to Babasaheb Ambedkar on the occasion of 'Mahaparinirvan Diwas' at the Parliamentary lawn premises in the national capital.
With the vote count for Proportionate Representation (PR) underway and expected to be
over by Tuesday, the Election Commission (EC) has started preparations to submit the report to Nepal's President before mid of the month.