A major shift in the Rajya Sabha sees BJP’s numbers climb after seven AAP MPs switch sides, triggering both political welcome and a legal challenge over the merger’s validity.
Speaking at the Bihar Legislative Assembly’s foundation day ceremony in Patna on Saturday, Birla expressed concern over instances of disruptions and disorderly conduct in legislative proceedings and observed that such practices adversely affect the image of democratic institutions.
Despite repeated reprimands from Speaker Om Birla, 19 hours and 13 minutes had already been lost during the Budget Session due to disruptions, sloganeering persisted
The remarks came amid continuing disruptions in Parliament over the Opposition’s demand that Gandhi be allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha.
During the valedictory ceremony, themes such as strengthening democracy, the primacy of public interest, and the transformed administrative identity of Uttar Pradesh emerged prominently.
An all-party Indian Parliamentary delegation led by Janata Dal-United MP Sanjay Kumar Jha paid homage to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as well as Hindu saint and philosopher Swami Vivekananda in the Malaysian capital.
Veteran YSRCP MP Vijayasai Reddy has announced that he would resign from Rajya Sabha and quit politics. He said the decision to resign his seat was personal and denied that there was any pressure on him. He is the fourth Rajya Sabha MP from YSRCP to quit his membership.
The analysis of election data about women elected representatives reveals that women have expanded their representation to unreserved seats. The important question that needs to be probed further is the relationship between the politics of presence' of women and the ways in which these are translated into meaningful processes in the decentralization of democracy and engendering of development and politics
Seats have been earmarked for Prime Minister, ministers and party leaders, lone members, and other Independent members outside any alliance.
The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 will be tabled by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, according to the list of business of the Lower House.
