TMC legislature party splits in assembly, rival factions occupy separate opposition benches
Among those present in the rebel camp was former state minister Firhad Hakim, popularly known as Bobby, once considered a close confidant of Mamata Banerjee.
Among those present in the rebel camp was former state minister Firhad Hakim, popularly known as Bobby, once considered a close confidant of Mamata Banerjee.
The letter pleads the Speaker to "decline to accord any recognition, status, or facility to any purported separate group or faction of the AITC."
The House accomplished its principal task of finally passing the ₹6,10,956-crore state budget for the fiscal year 2026–27 on February 27.
Earlier during the day, BJP legislators trooped into the well of the Assembly and also staged a walkout over the issue.
On Tuesday, Nadda was present at the closed-door meeting in which preparations for the formation of the new government, including the allocation of ministerial portfolios, especially candidates for two key posts—Home Minister and the Speaker, were discussed.
Opposition members of Parliament’s Joint Committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024 on Tuesday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over "gross violation" of parliamentary code of conduct during the committee’s meeting on Monday.
A delegation of BJP MLAs led by Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta met Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Friday and submitted a letter to him demanding the extension of the upcoming Assembly session to seven days from two days.
The Speaker had been sitting on the defection petitions against dissident MLAs, Danam Nagender, Kadiyam Srihari and Venkata Rao Tellam submitted to him prompting the BRS to seek intervention of the High Court on the issue.
As the proceedings of the Zero Hour began on Friday, the LoP raised the issue of uproar while replying to demands made for grants on Thursday and the conduct of the ministers.
The AAP further alleged that wherever BJP is in power, those states provide the most expensive electricity in the country.