With the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) having an edge over Opposition parties, voting got underway on Saturday for Punjab’s five municipal corporations, 44 municipal councils, and various nagar panchayats.
Expressing concern over reduction in the productivity of Parliament's winter session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said the Opposition should raise their issues in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha by following established rules and procedures instead of disrupting both the Houses.
Lok Sabha Speaker Friday warned the members that there should not be any sort of protests at the 'dwars', and said that action will be taken in case of violation.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made his first speech on Thursday, the fourth day of the six-day winter session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in Nagpur.
The Congress-led Opposition, on Wednesday, raised a storm in Parliament protesting against Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar in the Rajya Sabha yesterday, forcing adjournment of both houses of Parliament without transaction of any business.
Congress MLA Sachin Yadav alleged that youth of the state were facing severe unemployment but the BJP government was not taking concerted steps to address the problem.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, AAP MP Sanjay Singh and RJD MP Manoj Sinha among others also participated in the protest.
The very first day of the six-day winter session of the Maharashtraassembly that began in Nagpur on Monday witnessed a protest by MahaVikas Aghadi’s (MVA) MLAs against the use of electronic votingmachines (EVMs), right at the entrance steps of the Vidhan Bhavanbuilding.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has accused the Congress-led Opposition of hypocrisy for filing a motion against the vice president, who is the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, and an Allahabad High Court Judge.
One party is trying to hijack the Constitution, alleges Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
