Rajnath Singh’s statement on accidental missile launch tells us nothing: Owaisi

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief, Asaduddin Owaisi has said that, “The statement by the Defence Minister in the Rajya Sabha has told us nothing.” Owaisi made this comment in response to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement about the accidental missile launch into Pakistan territory on…

Oppn to escalate protest over suspension of MPs in Rajya Sabha, TRS likely to boycott Winter Session

The Opposition parties are planning to escalate their protest in Parliament over the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs from the Winter Session. Meanwhile, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the ruling party in Telangana, is likely to announce its boycott of the entire Winter Session on Tuesday. OPPOSITION TO ESCALATE…

On Digvijaya Singh’s ‘traitor’ remark, Jyotiraditya Scindia’s ‘Osama ji’ dig at former MP CM

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday hit out at Congress’s Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh after he called him a “traitor” for leaving the Congress and defecting to the BJP. “I don’t want to fall to that level… People who called Osama (bin Laden) as ‘Osama Ji’ and…

12 suspended MPs not ready to apologise, what does Oppn expect from us, asks Piyush Goyal

Amid a stalemate over the suspension of 12 opposition Rajya Sabha MPs, Leader of the House Piyush Goyal on Friday said how can there be a reconciliation when these members are unwilling to apologise for their unruly behaviour in the previous session. BJP MEMBERS GATECRASHED PROTEST: RJD LEADER The issue came up in the…

Does Rahul Gandhi endorse attack on women marshals in Rajya Sabha, asks BJP’s Piyush Goyal

Amid vehement protest by opposition members, the BJP on Tuesday stoutly defended the suspension of 12 opposition members from the Rajya Sabha for their “unruly” conduct in the last Parliament session, saying this is the least that could have been done. Union minister Piyush Goyal, the leader of the House…

‘Apology? Never’: Rahul Gandhi on suspension of 12 MPs

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, November 30, ruled out an apology by the 12 Opposition MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha. Twelve Opposition MPs were suspended on Monday from the Rajya Sabha for the rest of the Winter Session on account of ‘unruly behaviour’ during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.…

Govt looking to manage numbers: Opposition criticises suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs

Opposition leaders have called out the government over the suspension of 12 MPs from Rajya Sabha on Monday, saying the ruling BJP was looking to gain majority in the Upper House to get crucial bills passed in the Winter Session of Parliament. Twelve Opposition MPs were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the rest of…

PM Upset Over BJP Members’ Rajya Sabha No-Show, Asks For Names: Sources

New Delhi:  BJP MPs not present during the passing of bills in parliament on Monday are in for trouble. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked for their names. PM Modi was upset at the MPs skipping Rajya Sabha yesterday and reportedly raised it at the weekly meeting of party MPs this morning. Many BJP MPs were…

Insult To Democracy, People”: PM On Opposition’s Parliament Protests

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday renewed his attack on the opposition, once again accusing it of not allowing the Parliament’s monsoon session to function. At a meeting of BJP MPs this morning he declared that the repeated adjournments forced by a vociferous opposition are “an insult…

Rajya Sabha suspends TMC MP Santanu Sen over snatching IT minister’s papers, House adjourned

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu has suspended TMC MP Santanu Sen for the rest of the Monsoon Session a day after he snatched the papers from Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and tore them during a heated debate over the Pegasus row. TMC MP Santanu Sen’s suspension came after the government’s move to issue a suspension…