Priyanka joins mother Sonia, brother Rahul in Parliament
While Priyanka, who made her electoral debut, joins brother Rahul in the Lok Sabha, their mother Sonia is a member of the Rajya Sabha.
While Priyanka, who made her electoral debut, joins brother Rahul in the Lok Sabha, their mother Sonia is a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, a member of the Parliamentary Committee for home affairs, has written today to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to increase the monthly assistance under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme to Rs 2,000.
With the Winter session of Parliament starting from Monday, Congress today demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the various alleged scams following the indictment of Gautam Adani and others by the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) of the US.
The government has convened an all-party meeting on November 24 ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament which starts on Monday.
Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Smriti Irani challenged Congress leadership, particularly the Gandhi family, to clarify whether they support terrorism or the development of Jammu and Kashmir.
The opposition on August 8 will move the no-confidence motion against the Modi-led government in the Lok Sabha. Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi will move the motion.
They want a discussion and they want it NOW. And they are not mincing their words. Dola Sen and Derek O’Brien, Trinamul Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament have been putting pressure on the BJP government at the Centre to address the issue of Manipur and they have been sending out the message by myriad methods including social media – namely Twitter and Whatsapp – and a series of videotapes. Sen and O’Brien both went to Manipur along with other Trinamul and Opposition Unity (I.N.D.I.A) leaders to assess the situation and according to them what they witnessed was devastating.
Both the Houses of Parliament witnessed ruckus by the Opposition over the Manipur issue on Friday.
The Bill to replace the ordinance for control of services in Delhi is likely to spark stormy scenes in Parliament on Thursday as the legislation could not be taken up for consideration and passage on the tenth day of the ongoing Monsoon session because both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha faced adjournments, owing to disruptions by Opposition benches over the Manipur issue.
Birla was not in the chair as Parliament re-assembled for the day on Wednesday. According to sources, he has expressed deep displeasure with the ruling party and the Opposition over the functioning of the House.
