In a setback to the Congress, on Thursday, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar rejected grand-old party lawmaker Jairam Ramesh’s notice of privilege against Home Minister Amit Shah.
The Congress chief whip in the Rajya Sabha accused the Union home minister of casting aspersions on Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party Sonia Gandhi during his speech.
Amid the ongoing row over the proposed delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies, the Congress on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take the lead and consult with all the stakeholders in this regard.
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar is planning to resume presiding over the Rajya Sabha from March 17.
Ahead of his visit to US, the Congress on Tuesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the “inhuman treatment” meted out to Indian illegal immigrants who were sent from America recently, saying this has never happened before.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh raised questions about the uncleared dues claimed by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh described Indira Gandhi as a highly influential figure.
The Congress on Monday posed questions to the BJP-led government at the Centre over the long-awaited Census, demanding that the ruling dispensation call an all-party meeting to clarify the issues related to it.
Congress, on Wednesday, demanded that the Central government should take the people of the country into confidence on the recent agreement with China on the patrolling along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), touted to end the military stand-off between the two countries in eastern Ladakh.
The party general secretary in-charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh said, “Tomorrow the BRICS+ Summit begins in Kazan, Russia. Like most things the non-biological PM claims credit for, there is a solid pre-2014 history to such a Summit.”
