Tag: Rajya Sabha
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Vice President Dhankhar to host dinner for Rajya Sabha floor leaders today
Sources in the VP Secretariat told ANI that an invitation had been sent to all Rajya Sabha floor leaders to attend the "courtesy dinner meet".
October 3, 2022 -
‘Great time for women in politics’
Priyanka Chaturvedi is the spokesperson of the Shiv Sena and also happens to be a Rajya Sabha member of the party. Anjali Bhatia caught up with Chaturvedi to get insights into the internal squabbling of the Shiv Sena, which at the moment is facing the worst crisis since its inception.
October 1, 2022 -
Congress president polls: Mallikarjun Kharge resigns as LoP Rajya Sabha in line with party’s One Leader One Post’ resolution
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday tendered his resignation as the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha as he has filed nomination papers to contest the post of president of his party.
October 1, 2022 -
Candidates taking permission from a family before even entering fray: BJP’s fresh dig at Cong presidential poll
The BJP on Wednesday took a fresh dig at the Congress, which is set to hold a poll to choose its next president next month.
September 21, 2022 -
Right to contest election neither fundamental, nor common law right: SC
The Supreme Court has observed that the right to contest an election is neither a fundamental right nor a common law right and imposed Rs 1 lakh cost on a litigant who sought to contest Rajya Sabha polls without a proposer to propose his name.
September 13, 2022 -
BJP names Biplab Deb as Rajya Sabha candidate from Tripura
Bengal has found a new in charge in the form of Bihar MLC Mangal Pandey whereas Amit Malviya continues to be the co-in charge.
September 10, 2022 -
Old days of Lalu Yadav’s regime are back, says BJP MP Sushil Modi on increasing murders in Patna
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Modi on Friday took a dig at the Nitish Kumar-led Mahagathbandhan government and stated that the "old days of Lalu Yadav's regime are back" over the recent murders in Patna.
September 9, 2022 -
Raghav Chadha presents his ‘report card’ as RS member
Taking to Twitter, the first-time Rajya Sabha member from AAP said he registered an attendance of 93 percent which he utilised to raise the voice of Punjabis through 42 questions and participated in eight debates, during the monsoon session of Parliament.
August 12, 2022 -
Modi bids farewell to outgoing V-P, calls Naidu’s one-liners wit-liners
The Prime Minister pointed out that the systems established by the vice-president, who is ex-officio Chairman of the Upper House, took the productivity of the House to newer heights.
August 8, 2022 -
Rajya Sabha disrupted during most of the monsoon session
In his traditional address before adjourning the session sine die, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said a total of 16 sittings were held in this session. He said during this period more than 38 hours of work was done but due to the disruption, the work was disrupted for 47 hours.
August 8, 2022 -
Week in Parliament
The debate was sought by the Opposition and was orderly, but there was no peace between the Government and the Opposition.
August 7, 2022 -
BJP takes dig at Chadha over MSP Bill
Sharma said the AAP government in Punjab should fulfill its own commitments it had made to the people of Punjab including the farmers.
August 6, 2022 -
Initial turbulence and later recovery mark tenure of Venkaiah Naidu as Rajya Sabha chairman
The tenure of Rajya Sabha chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu was marked by low productivity of the House to start with and a recovery later, said officials on Saturday.
August 6, 2022 -
Rajya Sabha passes Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022
The Bill makes a provision to grant statutory cover to family courts set up in Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland. Lok Sabha passed the Bill last week.
August 4, 2022 -
Rajasthan Minister claims he was offered Rs 25 cr in Rajya Sabha polls
Similarly, during the alleged horse-trading to topple the Gehlot government in 2020, he said he was offered Rs.60 crore which he refused. However, he did not name anyone, nor did he mention any party.
August 2, 2022 -
At last, Parliament functions for the first time in the session
After the suspension of the Opposition members was withdrawn, the discussion on inflation was agreed upon in the Lok Sabha. Speaker Om Birla warned the members not to wave any placards. If any MP shows the placard again in the House, the speaker will take action against him.
August 1, 2022 -
Rajya Sabha adjourned for day amid Oppn ruckus
Opposition members had given notice for suspension of business under Rule 267 seeking a discussion on the issues.
July 29, 2022