Tag: Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu rejects impeachment notice against CJI

Rajya Sabha Chairman Naidu held discussions with constitutional and legal experts, including Attorney General K K Venugopal.

April 23, 2018

Arun Jaitley takes oath as Rajya Sabha member for new term

The 65-year-old minister, elected to the Upper House of Parliament from UP last month, was sworn in at a special ceremony because of his health condition.

April 15, 2018

Arun Jaitley takes oath for Rajya Sabha term

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha last month, on Sunday took oath for his new term. Jaitley took oath in Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu’s chamber in Parliament. Beside Jaitley, BJP’s Ananth Kumar, Leader of Opposition in the Upper House Ghulam Nabi Azad and several other senior leaders were …

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April 15, 2018

Parliamentary Polluters

That the recently concluded Budget session of Parliament was the worst in terms of productivity in a decade cannot be contested. That it could be abducted and held to ransom by clumps of agitating MPs who ran amok, was shocking. The Prime Minister, addressing BJP MPs on the party’s Foundation Day, accused his bete noire, …

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April 12, 2018

Regional parties eye RS post

The race is on to elect a non-BJP, non-Congress leader as the next deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha. The term of incumbent P J Kurien of the Congress ended with the close of the budget session of Parliament. The numbers in the Rajya Sabha are stacked to give regional parties an advantage. Even if …

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April 11, 2018

Parliamentary affairs: Washed out session ends with drama, resignations

Parliament’s Budget Session ended last week, after the completion of its second part, of  five-weeks, although there were doubts if the Housewould sit till the last, looking at disruptions every day. The Lok Sabha disposed of its main agenda, the Finance Bill and the Appropriation Bills, and conveyed the message to the Rajya Sabha. The …

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April 9, 2018

Houses adjourned

Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were on Friday adjourned sine die, with a continued standoff between BJP-led NDA government and Opposition / non-NDA parties over the latter’s unrelenting protests on their respective issues causing a comprehensive washout of the Budget Session that involved a waste of altogether about 250 working hours. The …

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April 7, 2018

Amid disruptions and adjounments, here are Bills passed during Budget Session

The Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, bringing to an end the Budget Session that was marked by continuous disruptions. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu expressed anguish and pain over the disruptions. Naidu said 120 hours were wasted due to disruptions during the Budget Session, which started on 29 …

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April 6, 2018

Parliament adjourned sine die, brings end to Budget session

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, bringing to an end the Budget session that was marked by continuous disruptions that saw 120 working hours being wasted. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu expressed anguish and pain over disruptions and also display of placards, flags and slogan shouting by various political parties. Naidu …

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April 6, 2018

Impeachment motion against CJI Dipak Misra loses momentum

The Congress-driven move for an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra in the Rajya Sabha appears to be losing momentum, with like-minded allies having reservations over the issue. Three MPs of DMK, an ally of the Congress, had reportedly signed the motion against the Chief Justice on Wednesday, but withdrew on …

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April 5, 2018

NDA lawmakers won’t take salary as Parliament nearly washed out

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar announced on Wednesday that the lawmakers of the ruling NDA would give up their salary for the 23 days as Parliament did not function in the second half of the Budget Session. With continuous disruptions, the government is staring at a washed-out session. “This money is given to serve the …

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April 5, 2018

Arun Jaitley suffering from kidney ailment, may undergo transplant

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is suffering from a kidney ailment and may have to undergo a surgery. As per media reports, Jaitley is undergoing diagnostic tests and doctors have so far indicated that it was a kidney-related ailment. The Finance Minister, however, has not yet been hospitalised but has been advised to avoid going out …

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April 5, 2018

Modi govt has hurt sentiments of Andhra people: Chandrababu

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said he was fighting against the Centre because it had hurt sentiments of his state by going back on its promise to give it special category status after its bifurcation. Addressing newspersons after meeting Opposition leaders here since Tuesday, he said he had waited four years …

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April 5, 2018

Rajya Sabha witnesses repeated adjournments

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed repeated disruptions since it assembled in the morning, witnessing four adjournments, including three times in a row within minutes of being re-convened in the afternoon. While the House was first adjourned till 2 PM within minutes after it met at 11 AM, it saw a spate of adjournments when …

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April 4, 2018

Arun Jaitley once again named as Leader of Rajya Sabha

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was on Tuesday once again appointed as the Leader of the Rajya Sabha following his re-election to the House.

April 3, 2018

RS adjourned till tomorrow amid protests by various parties

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day soon after new and re-elected members took oath as MPs from various parties, including Congress and TMC, trooped into the Well raising slogans in support of their demands.

April 3, 2018

Parliament adjourned as protests continue over Cauvery water issue

Uproar over the Cauvery water sharing issue led to the Lok Sabha being adjourned till noon and Rajya Sabha being adjourned for the day

April 2, 2018