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.
The Budget Session of Parliament will reconvene on Monday, with both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha set to meet. The session will continue discussions on the Union Budget for 2025, along with other significant matters.
Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has fiercely criticised Delhi's caretaker Chief Minister Atishi for celebrating her victory in the recent Delhi Assembly elections, describing her actions as ‘shameless.’ In a scathing post on social media platform X, Maliwal questioned how Atishi could publicly celebrate after her party suffered a significant defeat in the polls.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, accompanied by her mother, visited the Prachin Hanuman Mandir in Connaught Place to offer prayers and seek blessings.
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday said if INDIA bloc partners -- the Congress and the AAP -- had allied, the outcome of the Delhi assembly elections would have been very different.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday gave a zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha regarding the Mahakumbh stampede that occurred on January 29.
