Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has joined the Opposition chorus panning the Modi government at the Centre over the 9.5-tonne cast of the national emblem gracing the top of the new Parliament building in Delhi. Amid allegations that the newly unveiled bronze cast of the Lion Capital of Ashoka is not true to the…
Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanding her government to “revise” the Covid-19 death toll in the state with “immediate effect”. In the letter, Chowdhury alleged that the West Bengal government “has gone…
Union minister Piyush Goyal was on Wednesday named the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha. Piyush Goyal, who held the post of deputy floor leader for Rajya Sabha, will succeed senior BJP leader Thawarchand Gehlot as the Leader of the House. Veteran BJP leader and former Union minister Thaawarchand Gehlot on…
Two crucial posts in the two Houses of Parliament await announcement by BJP and Congress. Sources said BJP may name Piyush Goyal as the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha while Congress will hold a meeting in the next 48 hours to find a replacement for Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who leads the party in Lok Sabha. Top…