Chairman of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar said that he held three meetings (of floor leaders) on Thursday as part of consultations to break the logjam between the BJP and the Opposition parties. But both sides have taken a rigid stand
With the BJP and opposition insisting on their demands, an early solution to the impasse in Parliament seems unlikely as the two Houses meet on Thursday in the second week of the second part of the budget session after a day's break.
This comes after the BJP including senior Union Ministers lashed out at Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on Indian democracy in the UK alleging that the Congress leader attacked India on foreign soil.
Former minister and Congress MLA Sajjan Singh Verma on Sunday 'threatened' to launch an agitation and will court arrest to protest against the alleged atrocities on Dalits and Tribals in the BJP-ruled state of Madhya Pradesh.
"If the BJP government in the centre increases the price of rubber to 300 per kg, the migrant farmers of their church will vote and make BJP win," he said on Saturday.
Congress leaders on Sunday accused the BJP-led central government of diverting people's attention from the Adani issue after the Special CP (L&O) Sagar Preet Hooda met Rahul Gandhi on Sunday and sought to know the names of sexual harassment victims whom he had mentioned during his Bharat
"Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay's baseless allegations on the state government without knowing the fact that TSPSC is a constitutional body and the State Government has a limited role to play shows the level of ignorance of the BJP President", KTR told media.
The fight broke out after the BJP workers opposed Congress workers erecting the banners and posters of leaders for a Mahila convention which is scheduled to be held on March 19.
After the Lok Sabha met for the day, opposition members came near the Speaker's podium over their demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Hindenburg-Adani row. The BJP members raised demand for apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in United Kingdom<
Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday attacked the BJP-led centre over the bank accounts of several MNREGA workers not being linked with Aadhar.
The BJP on Thursday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter was seen being coached and corrected by senior party leader Jairam Ramesh during a press conference in the national capital.
Opposition leaders on Thursday blamed the BJP for disruptions in Parliament and alleged that the government does not want to discuss the opposition's demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Hindenburg-Adani row and wants to divert attention from the issue