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 Sebaashray initiative which provides free medical assistance to people living the areas under Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat enters the 60th day today.
Dismissing the apprehensions of Tamil Nadu and other southern states of their Lok Sabha seats coming down in the proposed delimitation exercise next year, Union Home Minister and BJP strongman Amit Shah on Wednesday assured that not even a single seat will be reduced and accused Chief Minister MK Stalin of spreading a red herring to divert attention on the phenomenal corruption under the DMK regime.
“We are faced with the situation of the Lok Sabha constituenciesgetting reduced because of properly implementing the family planningprogramme and bringing population growth under control,” the chiefminister contended.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency here, on Thursday said unemployment is on the rise in the country due to demonetisation and GST imposed by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre.
The Opposition MPs entered the Well of House and raised slogans before the Lok Sabha was adjourned briefly.
After the peaceful start of its Winter Session, Parliament was last week jolted by an incident which none could have imagined when two young men jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from its first floor public gallery on Wednesday afternoon while members were making Zero Hour submissions.
Earlier in the morning Hours, both the Houses were adjourned till 2 pm within minutes of convening the session due to similar ruckus created by the Opposition leaders.
Lalit Jha, allegedly the main conspirator in the Lok Sabha (LS) security breach on Wednesday is a resident of Kolkata. He is a teacher by profession and used to run a tutorial home at Girish Park in the city
In a startling breach of security on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack on Parliament, the sanctity of the chambers was violated when an intruder leapt into the heart of democracy, the Lok Sabha.
