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.
AAP chief national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar on Wednesday dismissed reports of party supremo and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking to contest the Rajya Sabha polls.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Maji was injured in a road accident early Wednesday morning while returning to Ranchi with her family after taking a holy dip at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.
Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal wrote to AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday with a demand that a Dalit MLA be appointed as 'Leader of Opposition' in the Delhi Assembly.
Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Sunday criticized the BJP-led Central government over the recent stampede at New Delhi Railway Station, alleging that authorities attempt to cover up such incidents rather than addressing the root causes.
A delegation of Trinamul Congress Parliamentarians, from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, met President Droupadi Murmu, seeking quick approval of the new Bill Aparajita Women & Child (West Bengal Criminal Law) Bill that seeks capital punishment for convicts in rape and murder cases.
