Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam on Thursday hit out at the Congress party for fielding Rahul Gandhi in the Wayanad constituency against their ally in Kerala.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that the Manipur government has issued notification that on March 29 (Good Friday) and March 31 (Easter Sunday) there would be a holiday.
The Indian parliamentary delegation led by Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha held a bilateral meeting with the parliamentary delegation of Armenia led by Hakob Arshakyan, the Vice President of the national assembly, on the sidelines of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), informed a press release.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday said that the fact that the BJP announced all six Congress rebels as candidates for by-elections has proved that they were involved in horsetrading in Rajya Sabha elections.
All six now disqualified Congress MLAs--Rajinder Singh Rana, Sudhir Sharma, Chaitanya Sharma, Ravi Thakur, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal and Davinder Bhutto-- had cross-voted in in the Rajya Sabha election in favour of BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan against Congress' senior leader Abhishek Mani Singh
Noting that the world today faces several transnational challenges in an era of increasing interdependence and inter-connectedness, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh on Monday said that parliamentary diplomacy offers an avenue for fostering collaboration and peace among nations while
Harivansh Narayan Singh said that Pakistan should stop terror factories that continue to launch countless cross-border terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.
An Indian Parliamentary Delegation being led by Rajya Sabha's Deputy Chairman, Harivansh, held a bilateral meeting with Thailand's Parliamentary Delegation on the sidelines of the 148th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva.
In mounting troubles for the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, six party rebels and three independent MLAs joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday.
Three independent MLAs from Himachal Pradesh who voted in favour of a BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections last month joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the national capital on Saturday.
Labelling the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's arrest as a 'mockery of democracy', Rajya Sabha MP and Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that the Delhi liquor policy case in which Kejriwal has been arrested holds no ground as there is no substantial proof in the case.
AAP leader and Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha said that the blessings and love of 135 crore Indians are with Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Delhi excise policy case on Thursday night.