"Such a senior leader was not allowed to speak today. On behalf of the Opposition and the INDIA bloc, Kharge was demanding that the discussion of paper leaks and NEET to be taken up first. He kept raising his hand to demand a discussion but his attempts were ignored and in the end, Kharge ha
A meeting of the leaders of the opposition coalition, the INDIA bloc, was held at Indian National Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Delhi after the joint session of Parliament on Thursday.
As the nation is witnessing widespread protests over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET) by the National Testing Agency, the opposition is set to raise the issue in Parliament on Friday.
After a meeting of floor leaders of the INDIA bloc concluded at Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Delhi today, party leader Jairam Ramesh said that the opposition would now be in an "attacking" mode towards the government.
On Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors raised slogans against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) house, protesting the ongoing water crisis in the capital.
"The Congress President has reappointed him on the assurance that he will not in future leave room for such controversies to arise," Jairam Ramesh said.
Pitroda had resigned from the position earlier in May this year amid controversies surrounding his remark regarding the appearance of Indians. The Congress party had then distanced itself from Pitroda's remarks.
After Om Birla was elected as the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh clarified that the opposition has not asked for division of votes as a constructive step from our end.
Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole on Tuesday said that the "Save Constitution campaign" by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and the party national president Mallikarjun Kharge gave a big victory to the Maha Vikas Aghadi in the state in the recently held Lok Sabha election.
Amid the row over NEET and UGC NET examinations, Nationalist Congress Party leader (Sharad Chandra Pawar faction) Rohit Pawar-led delegation held a meeting with Governor Ramesh Bais on Monday and demanded that the Maharashtra government enact a law similar to the one adopted by the Centre to
Countering Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emergency remark, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge pointed out at the centre questioning how long they want to rule by talking about the emergency.