Singhar said that the Opposition wants debates on the issues of corruption, farmers’ woes, and other public welfare matters during the budget session. He alleged that the BJP does not want to discuss these issues.
Congress seemed to have decided to honour its promises made during the Assembly polls and allot an MLC seat to CPI.
He further said that in Tamil Nadu, there are 52 Kendriya Vidyalayas which are run by Central Government.
The Congress government in Telangana has claimed to have conducted a caste census, and promised to bring a bill to enhance backward classes reservation to 42 per cent.
The Congress, on Friday, slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for announcing to resolve the issue of duplication in Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) within the next three months, calling it “duplicitous response”.
Congress leader Ajay Maken on Sunday thanked the party's top leadership for appointing him a new Treasure of the party.
It aims to rescue CPM leaders who looted investors' money, says VD Satheesan.
Pilot noted that government in Rajasthan kept changing between the Congress and the BJP every five years and that the party will need to work hard to change this pattern.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that Rahul Gandhi has raised the public discourse immensely with this deeply personal and thought-provoking article.
In the heyday of the Congress one-party dominant system, Speaker Mavlankar stipulated that an official opposition party status would require a minimum presence of 10 per cent in the Lok Sabha. The underlying assumption was that with the maturing of democracy, a balanced party system would evolve and a well-defined space would facilitate accommodation of the opposition to be effective and articulate and eventually become part of the government, as is the practice in Britain
