Tag: Rajya Sabha

Rahul attends Congress MP meet a day after conviction

A day after conviction by a Surat Court, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday was present in a meeting of the MPs at the party office in parliament premises.

March 24, 2023

RS Chairman calls meeting of floor leaders amid Parliament logjam

Rajya Sabha Chairman has called another meeting of floor leaders at 10 am on Thursday as part of consultations to break the logjam.

March 23, 2023

RS chairman meets floor leaders to break logjam in House

Jagdeep Dhankhar stressed that the House was meant for debate and discussion in a collaborative manner, and not for confrontation and deadlock.

March 21, 2023

Congress MP Pramod Tiwari gives suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss Adani issue

The tussle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition MPs continued for the sixth day leading to the 10th adjournment of the Rajya Sabha on Monday since the second leg of the Budget Session of Parliament began.

March 21, 2023

Rajya Sabha: AAP MP Sanjay Singh gives suspension of business notice to seek discussion on Adani issue

Sanjay Singh on Monday gave a suspension of business notice to discuss the Adani-Hinderburg matter in the upper house.

March 20, 2023

Parliament Budget Session: Meeting of leaders from like-minded opposition parties underway

A meeting of leaders from like-minded opposition parties is underway at the office of LoP Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament to chalk out the strategy for the floor of the House.

March 20, 2023

Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan gives suspension of business notice to discuss Adani issue

Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan gave suspension of business notice and demanded a discussion on Government's "questionable role in promoting the business interest of the Adani group".

March 17, 2023

Budget Session: TMC MPs protest with black cloth around their faces

They pointed towards the Treasury benches and shouted "BJP Ministers and MPs are not allowing the opposition to speak. Not allowing the opposition to express themselves."

March 16, 2023

Rajya Sabha adjourned amid ruckus on Rahul Gandhi’s democracy remarks

The stand-off between the ruling BJP and the Congress leading to the adjournment of proceedings of the Rajya Sabha till 2.00 pm.

March 15, 2023

Oscars bring peace to RS with members felicitating winners

Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar's reference to the prestigious awards soon after the House met for the day set the tone for its members to record their deep appreciation for the winners.

March 14, 2023

FM Sitharaman to present Supplementary Demands for Grants for J&K in Rajya Sabha today

As per the records, about 26 Bills are currently pending in the Rajya Sabha and close to nine in the Lok Sabha for passage.

March 14, 2023

There’s nothing Rahul needs to apologise for: Tharoor

The Congress leader alleged that the former party president is being falsely implicated on trumped-up charges by the ruling party.

March 13, 2023

No rule of law under Modi, country being run as dictatorship, says Kharge

Congress president and leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said that there is no rule of law under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

March 13, 2023

Opposition will raise issues of inflation, unemployment, raids by CBI-ED during budget session: Kharge

He also attacked BJP accusing it of gaining sympathy from the people of Karnataka.

March 13, 2023

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid ruckus on Gandhi’s remarks in UK

Mallikarjun Kharge said that "it is wrong to comment on someone who is not a member of this house."

March 13, 2023

Second leg of Budget session begins today, Govt aims to pass pending bills

The Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022 were referred to a Joint Committee by the government last Winter Session and they are currently being examined by the panel.

March 13, 2023

Conduct of parliamentarians must make us proud: Dhankhar

The vice-president said, ''We don't want our boys and girls to follow disruption, we don’t want them to appreciate shouting of slogans, showing placards (in the House).''

March 1, 2023