As Budget session resumes,language row and delimitation dominate proceedings
The first part of the Budget session drew to a close on February 13.
The first part of the Budget session drew to a close on February 13.
Earlier, responding to a question in the House, Mr Pradhan accused the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government of going back on its promise of implementing the PM SHRI scheme in the state.
In the Lok Sabha, members Biplab Kumar Debshri and Jai Prakash will present the First Report of the Committee on Absence of Members from the sittings of the House.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday praised former Uttarakhand chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari and said he devoted his entire life to the service of the nation, tirelessly working to uplift the lives of the impoverished and marginalised.
Senior Congress leader and erstwhile Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has urged today railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to introduce special trains on the Malda, Murshidabad, and Dinajpur (North and South) routes ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr to accommodate the surge in passenger traffic during the festive season.
The dates for the polls will be announced at a press conference scheduled for Saturday at 3 pm.
After Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh, another Trinamul Congress ex-MP Santanu Sen went public with his disappointment today on being denied a ticket by the party for the Rajya Sabha or the Lok Sabha.
Within hours of the list of contestants for the Lok Sabha election being brought to public, Sayantika Banerjee, the actor-turned-politician resigned from the entire party posts last evening.
Candidates for some more Lok Sabha seats are likely to be finalised at the meeting, according to party sources.
The political arm of the powerful Vanniyar community, the PMK is divided over stitching an alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
