The inauguration of the Parliament Building has triggered a war of words with the Opposition accusing PM Modi of "sidelining" President Murmu and the ruling BJP accusing the latter of showing disregard for democracy.
"President of India is Number 1 in the warrant of precedence, VP is Num 2 & Prime Minister is 3rd. Government ignorant about constitutional niceties. This is NOT Modiji's Grihapravesh for house that he built with his own money. @AITCofficial not attending May 28th party. Good luck to
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal's daughter Sukanya Mondal has moved the Delhi High Court seeking to quash Enforcement Directorate's(ED) complaint and challenging her arrest in a money laundering case related to cattle smuggling.
While talking to the ANI, Ghulam Nabi Azad said," This is a technical issue. Parliamentarians who want to boycott this event or want to attend it is up to them. It is their point of view on how they want to perceive this event."
Amid the opposition's objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the new Parliament building, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) announced a boycott of the ceremony slated to take place on May 28.
Amid the opposition's objection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the new Parliament building, three parties including Aam Aadmi Party, Trinamool Congress and Congress Party announced to boycott the ceremony slated to take place on May 28.
Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Thursday said that his party decided to boycott the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building scheduled to be on May 28, because the date coincides with the birth anniversary of "Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar".
"Parliament is not just a new building; it is an establishment with old traditions, values, precedents and rules - it is the foundation of Indian democracy. PM Modi doesn't get that. For him, Sunday's inauguration of the new building is all about I, ME, MYSELF. So count us out," O'Brien twee
Ahead of the West Bengal panchayat polls, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Nussrat Jahan made a controversial remark saying that Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress will be beaten with bamboo sticks if they come to seek votes in Basirhat.
BJP leader and Leader of opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari on Monday launched a scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee -led TMC government and said that the "situation in the State is far worse than the situation in Ukraine".
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list on Friday a plea by TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee challenging the Calcutta High Court order which allowed Central agencies to quiz him relating to a recruitment scam.