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Women BJP MPs demand action against Kalyan Banerjee over controversial com
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Women Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs on Wednesday lodged a complaint with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju against TMC leader Kalyan Banerjee for making controversial comments about Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. The women MPs have also urged Rijiju to take strict mea
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No cover-up by West Bengal govt: Mahua Moitra slams BJP of calling TMC wo
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Amid ongoing protest over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar hospital in Kolkata, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday denied allegations of a cover-up in the case, stating that the opposition BJP accusing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and elected women re
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Rajya Sabha Chairman reconstitutes 8-member panel of vice-chairpersons wit
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday reconstituted the panel of vice-chairpersons comprising eight members with presence of 50 per cent women parliamentarians.
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Rajya Sabha Chairman reconstitutes 8-member panel of vice-chairpersons wit
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday reconstituted the panel of vice-chairpersons comprising eight members with the presence of 50 per cent women parliamentarians.
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"Before you push out women MPs with fake narrative remember..." Mahua Moit
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Mounting her attack against Lok Sabha Ethics Committee chief Vinod Sonkar, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Sunday claimed that the BJP MP had asked her 'cheap sordid irrelevant questions' when she appeared before the panel on November 2, in connection with the cash-for-query scandal.
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Several political parties hail passage of women's quota bill in Parliament
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Several political parties set aside their differences to unequivocally call the passage of the women's reservation Bill, aptly titled 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', as historic.
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"Historic": Women MPs rise above political differences to hail passage of
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Several women MPs across party lines set aside their differences to unequivocally call the passage of the women's reservation Bill, aptly titled 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', as historic.
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Women's quota Bill first piece of legislation to be passed by new Parliame
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The women's reservation Bill or the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam', guaranteeing quota for women in legislative bodies, was the first Bill to be taken up for discussion and debate by the new Parliament before its eventual passage on Thursday.
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Women can now contribute more significantly to nation-building: Anurag Tha
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the women's reservation Bill cleared his last legislative hurdle in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Union Minister Anurag said he has done in 9 years what others couldn't do in three decades.
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"Modi Hai Toh Mumkin Hai not a mere saying”: Smriti Irani hails passage of
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Heaping praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the historic passage of the women's reservation Bill in Parliament on Thursday, Union Minister Smriti Irani said the legislative feat only goes to show that "Modi Hai Toh Mumkin Hai" (Nothing is impossible when PM Modi is there) is not
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"Special Parliament session was historic": Kiren Rijiju after both Houses
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Calling the Special Session of Parliament, which was adjourned sine die on Thursday following the passage of the women's reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, as historic, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the draft legislation will enable a f
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"Could not have been better start to new Parliament": BJP chief Nadda afte
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
As chants of 'Modi, Modi' from women members rang out following the passage of the landmark women's reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, BJP national president JP Nadda on Thursday said there could not have been a better start to the new Parliament building.
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