All eyes on NDA’s ‘Mangal Milan’ meeting on Tuesday
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary Party meeting, now called 'Mangal Milan', will be held on Tuesday at Parliament House.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary Party meeting, now called 'Mangal Milan', will be held on Tuesday at Parliament House.
The government has a heavy legislative agenda, and several significant Bills are expected to be taken up during the upcoming session.
To overcome shortfall of numbers in Lok Sabha, BJP intensified outreach to regional and Opposition parties, including DMK and NCP (Sharad Pawar). On Wednesday NCP (SP)appeared to signal openness to Delimitation Bill if conditions met
Congress General Secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government of abandoning its anti-corruption plank, alleging that the Prime Minister's 2014 promise of "Na Khaunga, Na Khane Doonga" (I will neither indulge in corruption nor allow it) had been undermined by a series of alleged scams, cronyism and governance failures over the past 12 years.
Mahua Moitra publicly accused senior TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay of misleading party colleagues about his health and travelling to Delhi amid a growing rebellion by a section of Trinamool Congress MPs.
The constituency is particularly famous for the razor-thin margins and the strong presence of the BJP, which has repeatedly come close to winning the seat.
Ahead of Mandaviya’s arrival from New Delhi, the Chief Minister left for Madurai and Tiruchendur to worship Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Murugan. After having darshan at the Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai, he proceeded to the coastal town of Tiruchendur, home to the Murugan temple, one of the six abodes of the deity.
Even as the BJP national leadership is reportedly continuing its efforts to rope in the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of actor Vijay into the NDA fold, the latter appears to be preparing the party to face the Tamil Nadu assembly elections on its own by positioning himself as the alternative to the ruling DMK and Chief Minister M K Stalin.
With both the DMK-led front and the AIADMK-led NDA yet to complete the seat-sharing process with their respective constituents, the assembly poll schedule announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) has given a long breather to both these alliances vying for power.
The Opposition, especially the India Bloc, is now united to move an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar following a similar motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
