Rising violations related to public use of vapes need to be raised in Parliament: Swati Maliwal
Raising concerns over the growing normalisation of vaping among children and adolescents, Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Thursday
Raising concerns over the growing normalisation of vaping among children and adolescents, Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Thursday
Naravane highlights why institutional neutrality of armed forces matters in a democracy, even as past remarks tied to his unpublished memoir triggered political tensions in Parliament earlier this year.
The Uttarakhand government has called a one-day special session of the state assembly on April 28 to discuss and condemn the Opposition for blocking the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament.
AAP MP Raghav Chadha, alongside Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal, announced that two-thirds of the party's Rajya Sabha members are merging with BJP, invoking constitutional provisions to formalise the split.
India is once again debating numbers ~ how many Members of Parliament it should have, how many seats each state deserves, and whether expanding legislatures will improve democracy.
When the Lok Sabha reconvened at 2 pm after repeated adjournments, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi rose to speak, but he was denied permission by the presiding chair. Gandhi then claimed that Speaker Om Birla had, about an hour ago, in a meeting with Congress MP KC Venugopal, agreed to let the LoP speak in the Lok Sabha.
Six women MPs of the Congress party, who wrote the letter, asserted that their protests have been "unrelentingly peaceful, firm, and entirely within democratic norms."
Congress MP KC Venugopal told the media that the Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, has not been allowed to speak in Parliament on important matters, and he faulted the Lok Sabha Speaker for denying the opportunity to the LoP who is considered a shadow of the Prime Minister in the Lower House.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday launched a sharp attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his speech in the Rajya Sabha, accusing him of lacking the courage to answer questions raised by the Opposition and deliberately undermining democratic functioning of Parliament.
PM Narendra Modi was originally scheduled to deliver his customary reply on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address around 5 pm yesterday, but the Lok Sabha was adjourned amid Opposition ruckus.
