Tag: Lok Sabha

‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans greet Modi in Lok Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given a grand welcome by BJP members in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday amid slogans of "Jai Shri Ram" and "Modi Modi". Soon after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan mourned the death of former member B.V.N. Reddy and Question Hour began, Modi walked into the house along with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar and …

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March 15, 2017

LS passes Enemy Property Bill amid Cong walkout

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016, after an ordinance had to be promulgated five times. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said though the government was against the ordinance route, the Bill could not be discussed in the House due to certain reasons and as public interest was involved, …

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March 14, 2017

Bill for permanent water tribunal moved in Lok Sabha

A bill to set up a single, permanent tribunal to adjudicate all inter-state river water disputes was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, amid opposition from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2017, was introduced by Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, who called it a "revolutionary step" towards …

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March 14, 2017

Opposition walkout against efforts to form BJP govts in Goa, Manipur

Congress and its UPA allies on Tuesday staged a walkout of the Lok Sabha to protest the alleged efforts to install BJP government in Goa and Manipur despite it having the numbers. Members of Congress, NCP and RJD raised the issue during Question Hour. Congress leader in the House Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that democracy is …

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March 14, 2017

Congress to move adjournment motion in LS over govt formation

The issue of government formation in Goa and Manipur is set to rock the Lok Sabha with the Congress deciding to move an adjournment motion today. Sources said that the leader of Congress in the lower house, Mallikarjun Kharge, along with some other party MPs, will move the motion while seeking to raise the issue …

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March 14, 2017

Police probing death of soldier: Manohar Parrikar

Police are probing the death of Lance Naik Roy Mathew who was found dead in an army barracks, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday. Replying to queries in the House, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar  said the soldier was found dead in an army barrack days after he featured in a sting video criticising the …

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March 10, 2017

Verbal clash in Lok Sabha over LPG price hike

The Lok Sabha on Friday witnessed a verbal clash after the opposition members accused the government of burdening the poor by hiking prices of oil products, especially non-subsidised cooking gas cylinders. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, while responding to the issue raised by Leader of Congress Mallikarjun Kharge, accused him of "misleading" the House. Terming …

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March 10, 2017

Verbal clash in Lok Sabha over LPG price hike

The Lok Sabha on Friday witnessed a verbal clash after the opposition members accused the government of burdening the poor by hiking prices of oil products, especially non-subsidised cooking gas cylinders. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, while responding to the issue raised by Leader of Congress Mallikarjun Kharge, accused him of "misleading" the House. Terming …

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March 10, 2017

Indian Government’s statement on hate crimes in US soon

The alleged hate crimes against Indians in the US were being viewed seriously by India and the government will make a statement on the matter in Parliament next week, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Responding to the issue of recent hate crime incidents in the US, leading to …

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March 9, 2017

Kashmir Bypoll: Acid test for PDP-BJP government

The by-election for the two Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir valley in April will be an acid test for the PDP-BJP coalition government headed by Mehbooba Mufti. The Election Commission on Thursday announced that the by-election for the Srinagar and the Anantnag seats will be held onApril 9 and 12 respectively. Reports were circulating that the coalition …

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March 9, 2017

Snub for Speaker?

The specifics will be adjudicated upon subsequently, what has long-term implications is the Supreme Court’s accepting a “case” that involves its ruling on a decision of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Perhaps not entirely unprecedented, yet certainly unexpected and it brings into judicial focus the simmering stand-off between the government-controlled House of the People, …

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February 14, 2017

Vicious whirlpool

The polity stands ruptured: the spill-over of the 2014 elections has proved no less divisive than the Emergency. The outbursts in Parliament last Wednesday underscore the “intolerance” the President has been condemning. The apex legislature has been reduced to slanging-matches on raincoats and dogs, and the fate of the budget session is now threatened. To …

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February 12, 2017

Lok Sabha adjourned till March 9

The Lok Sabha on Thursday was adjourned till March 9, marking the end of the first half of the Budget Session. The budget session began on January 31 with President Pranab Mukherjee addressing the joint sitting of Parliament. The General Budget, merged with Railway Budget for the first time in the history of independent India, …

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February 9, 2017

Speaker rejects AIADMK notice on TN Governor

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday rejected a notice by the AIADMK on Tamil Nadu Governor C.V. Rao asking to expedite the swearing in of General Secretary V.K. Sasikala as Chief Minister. Soon after the Question Hour ended, Mahajan said she had received a notice of adjournment from AIADMK leader P. Venugopal. "The notice …

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February 9, 2017

Lok Sabha passes Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which enables employers to pay wages through cheque or by crediting it to bank accounts. The existing provision of payment in current coin or currency notes will remain in place.  The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill was passed by the House after the reply of Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister of …

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February 7, 2017

Govt saved Rs.49,500 cr going to middlemen: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party is fighting for the poor and had taken several steps to plug leakages in government schemes and made annual saving of Rs.49,500 crore that belonged to the poor but was going to the middlemen. “My fight is for the poor and giving the poor their …

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February 7, 2017

RS: TMC MPs walk out over threats by BJP functionaries

The Trinamool Congress members on Tuesday staged a walk-out from the Rajya Sabha, alleging that their party colleagues were being threatened by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries in West Bengal. TMC member Derek O'Brien said "open threats" were being issued to his party colleagues and functionaries in the state. Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien said the …

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February 7, 2017