The just-concluded Winter Session of Parliament was unproductive and the least effective in over a year. It ran from November 25 to December 20 and saw frequent disruptions, including protests and arguments.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has alleged that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis lied on the floor of the house about the death of 35-year-old Dalit activist Somnath Suryavanshi in police (judicial) custody in Parbhani, during the winter session of the state Assembly held in Nagpur, after the issue was raised by Sharad Pawar-led NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday hit out at Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi saying that NDA MPs are very agitated over the conduct of the Congress lawmaker in the Parliament premises.
Four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Serampore Lok Sabha constituency in Hooghly district of West Bengal, Kalyan Banerjee, on Thursday, requested people to not allow delivery boys within homes when girls are alone there.
The West Bengal government on Thursday withdrew its affidavit in the election petition filed by Rekha Patra, the BJP candidate for Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the general elections this year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, made a scathing attack on the Opposition in Etawah, a Samajwadi Party stronghold, claiming that the slogans and the promises of the SP-Congress combine are false.
Protests broke out in the Lok Sabha constituency barely 48 hours before polling following registration of an FIR against over 100 Samajwadi Party workers for allegedly vandalising the memorial the national hero.
Over the basic demands of better roads, drinking water and bridges, two villages in East Burdwan have threatened to go on mass boycott of Lok Sabha election this year.
In the lead-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the debate over the Minimum Support Price (MSP) has taken centre stage, reflecting the deep-seated concerns of India’s agrarian community.
Nomination for the seventh phase is starting from May 7, and polling will be held on June 1.
