Opposition parties have formally moved a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accusing him of abandoning the neutrality expected of the Chair and acting in ways “calculated to undermine the rights of members of the House.”
RJD MLA Kumar Sarvjeet termed the budget a “capitalists’ budget.” Attacking the government, he said that the same narrative has been repeated for the last 20 years.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the ruling DMK and its allies chaired by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the DMK headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, in the evening
Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, BJP's national spokesperson, Shehzad Poonawalla, said the opposition parties don't support "morality but nirlajjta (shamelessness)”.
The ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament has been a whirlwind of heated debates, frequent disruptions, and relentless demands from the Opposition.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched a month-long voter verification campaign in Bihar starting Saturday, following the release of the draft voter list as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Members of Parliament from the Opposition parties, particularly from the INDIA bloc, staged a protest outside Parliament on Friday against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive, alleging it was an attack on democracy.
The Opposition parties are set to protest for the third consecutive day at Parliament premises on Thursday against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being conducted by the Election Commission (EC).
The petitioners argue that the process is flawed, arbitrary, and likely to result in the removal of a large number of voters' names from the voter list.
After the massive fire that engulfed the British-era market at Orphangunge market in Kidderpore, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is now emphasising fire audits at privately-owned markets in the city.
