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.
Sanjay Raut, Rajya Sabha MP and chief spokesperson for the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, criticised the BJP over the alleged theft of crores of rupees from the donation box of Ayodhya's Ram temple.
In a significant realignment in Parliament’s Upper House, seven rebel MPs from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), reshaping the numerical balance in the Rajya Sabha and strengthening the ruling coalition’s legislative position.
A major shift in the Rajya Sabha sees BJP’s numbers climb after seven AAP MPs switch sides, triggering both political welcome and a legal challenge over the merger’s validity.
Seven MPs shifting sides has redrawn Rajya Sabha numbers, boosting BJP’s tally while leaving AAP with just three members amid a legal challenge over defection rules.
Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal exits AAP citing ideological differences, lack of space within the party, and serious allegations against its leadership, as she formally joins the BJP.
A group of 73 Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha has submitted a fresh notice of motion seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging “proven misbehaviour” and accusing him of undermining constitutional principles.
