Ahead of the start of the second half of the Budget session, the Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Binoy Viswam on Monday, gave the suspension of business notice, under Rule 267, to discuss the "post poll violence" in Tripura.
Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday met Vice President and Upper House Chairman, Jagdeep Dhankhar in the national capital on the eve of the commencement of the second part of Budget Session and sought his cooperation.
CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP Elamaram Kareem who led an 8-member fact-finding team to Tripura in the post-poll violence-hit areas on Sunday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party workers unleashed "unbridled attacks" on the people, particularly Opposition in the name of celebration after the party
Demanding action against hospitals, Rajya Sabha MP and member of the Parliamentary ad hoc Committee on Health and Family Welfare, Sanjeev Arora said that hospitals have no right to hold the body of patient hostage for any reason.
Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party Sonia Gandhi has approved the appointments of Pramod Tiwari as Deputy Leader and Rajani Patil as Whip of the Congress Party in the Rajya Sabha, said Congress MP and the party's general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh on Saturday.
Patil is a two-time Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra. She is suspended from the Upper House for the entire budget session of Parliament due to unruly behaviour.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP Dr V Sivadasan wrote to Chairman of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday requesting him to investigate the attack on the delegation lead by MP Elamaram Kareem who visited the violence affected areas in Tripura and ensure appropriate pu
Responding to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's 'veiled attack' at Rahul Gandhi's Cambridge speech, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said that the remarks by the Rajya Sabha Chairman were "surprising" as well as "disappointing".