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 government responded to the allegations, and Energy Minister A K Sharma urged all members to bring their problems to his attention, assuring them that the government would resolve them.
The state government's contention was that since the SIR is being conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the government has no control over it; the demand cannot be accepted,
The chief Minister to a question raised by MLA BB Batra regarding the number of BPL cards during Question Hour on the second day of the Winter Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Friday.
Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday, claimed that the judicial committee announced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to probe the ‘mismanagement’ that led to the chaos at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata earlier in the day, presenting Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi, was “structurally compromised”.
In an official letter to Chief Minister Mohan Majhi, the LoP requested him to utilize the same for the welfare of the poor people of our State.
