The Election Commission of India’s recent announcement of by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, which fell vacant following the resignations of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — the three Trinamool Congress MPs who stepped down after the party’s debacle in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections — has brought the focus back on the former MPs and the BJP’s plans for them.
Eight newly-elected Rajya Sabha MPs, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and BJP leader Tarun Chugh, took the oath as members of the Upper House on Monday. Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office to the new members.
Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh on Saturday demanded the immediate registration of an FIR against Champat Rai, former General Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, over allegations of misappropriation of donations received at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh launched a scathing attack on the Yogi Adityanath government over the Aliganj fire incident here.
Spokesperson of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and a Rajya Sabha MP told the media in Delhi that six MPs from his party were offered an additional Rs 10 crore to split away from the party and join the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
West Bengal chief minister had been demanding a special session of Parliament to be convened after the all-party MP's delegation returns from their visits to different countries.
The Election Commission on Monday announced biennial elections for two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam and six seats in Tamil Nadu to be held on June 19. The counting of votes will also commence on June 19 after the polling concludes at 1600 IST, the poll panel said.
The Trinamool Congress and its leaders took to the social media to condemn the irresponsible statements of BJP leaders in the recent past, the latest one coming from BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Ram Chander Jangra, who has declared that the widows of the Pahalgam martyrs lacked the bravery to fight for their husbands’ lives.
Labour minister Moloy Ghatak, along with Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee and other Trinamul leaders, staged a dharna in front of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) office in Siliguri today.
In an effort to safeguard Bengali migrant workers allegedly facing harassment across multiple states, Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP Samirul Islam has submitted a strongly-worded letter to Union home minister Amit Shah today
