The monsoon session of Parliament begins on Thursday and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has urged the MPs of all parties for meaningful discussions in the House on issues of national and public interest.
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has raised the issue of Special Category Status (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh at the all-party meeting convened by the Union government ahead of the Parliament session that begins on Thursday. Anti-Defection Law and reservation to Backward Classes (BCs) proportionate
As the Monsoon session of Parliament begins on Thursday, several opposition MPs affiliated to the Communist Party of India, Congress among others, moved notices to respective Houses demanding discussions on the "Manipur situation".
A day after the show of strength by Opposition parties in Bengaluru, the entire Opposition is all set to raise Manipur violence, railway safety, unemployment, inflation, the status of the India-China Border and trade balance between the two countries among other issues during the monsoon
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah clarified that the government did not use IAS officers politically but followed the state's tradition after BJP lawmakers raised the issue during the Assembly session on Wednesday.
The first meeting of the 26-party Opposition alliance will be held on Thursday at Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge’s office, informed party sources.
After 10 BJP MLAs were suspended by the Speaker from the Karnataka Assembly following a ruckus during the session, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that it shows the dictatorship of the Congress government adding that the suspension was of no reason.
Some of the parties have planned to move an adjournment motion over Manipur violence among other issues on day one of the Parliament's Monsoon Session on Thursday.