Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday appealed to all political parties, particularly the Opposition, to ensure the smooth functioning of Parliament during the Monsoon Session, asserting that constructive debate, rather than disruptions, would better serve the country's interests.
On the second day of its study visit to Lucknow on Tuesday, the Joint Committee on One Nation One Election interacted with the presiding officers and leaders of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislature as well as certain elected members thereof its study visit to Lucknow.
Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, has moved with his family to the government residence at 1 Polo Road, Patna.
Suvendu Adhikari alleged that corruption, including the "cut-money culture" and extortion, had adversely affected industrialisation in West Bengal over the years.
Stung by the Leader of the Opposition, Udhayanidhi Stalin’s persistent debunking of the Joseph Vijay administration as a ‘sofa model government’ which would not last long, Tamil Nadu Health Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader KG Arun Raj on Wednesday slammed the DMK scion as a lotus eater, oblivious of the dynastic throne, he was hoping for, getting abolished by the electoral verdict.
The latest gathering of opposition parties in New Delhi offered a reminder that the central challenge before India's non-BJP political forces is no longer one of arithmetic. It is one of credibility.
The Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) staged a walkout in the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Tuesday after accusing the United Democratic Front (UDF) government of dismissing the plight of ordinary people, who have been hit the hardest by the surge in fuel and cooking gas prices.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday attended the concluding session of the 10-day Congress National Chintan Shivir in Pushkar and stressed the need to further strengthen the party organisation from the state level down to the grassroots in villages.
Politics has intensified in Bihar over recent remarks by the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, questioning police action and encounters involving criminals belonging to a particular caste.
Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, blamed the Narendra Modi government for the economic crisis and alleged that the BJP government had “sold out the country to the US.”
