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.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has said that citizens have expressed their faith in the country's democratic polity while exercising their franchise in Lok Sabha polls and that dialogue, discussion, deliberations and debate are the essence of democracy.
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.
Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) Chief Jayant Choudhary on Thursday heaped praise on President Droupadi Murmu's joint address, stating that the President gave the House a message of solidarity.
The Maharashtra Congress on Thursday suspended two of its leaders, Vijay Devtale and Asawari Devtale the party for six years for allegedly involving in anti-party activities during the recent Lok Sabha elections.
Chandigarh [India], June 27: With monsoon season just around the corner, a special meeting of UT Environment Standing Committee (ESC) was held to review preparedness to counter the rain fury that wreaked havoc in Chandigarh and its peripheral areas during monsoon season last year. During the
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday criticized President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint session of both Houses of Parliament, asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attempting to gain cheap applause by making the President deliver a speech filled with lies.
A meeting of the floor leaders of the INDIA bloc will be held today at 5 p.m. at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's residence here in the national capital.
Congress MP KC Venugopal on Thursday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over his statement in Parliament regarding the emergency imposed in June 1975. He called it a grave matter that impacts the Parliament's credibility.