Following the passing of the Wakf Amendment Bill in the Parliament, as many as 50 people from Munambam, a coastal village located off Kochi city in Kerala, which is a Christian dominated one, joined the BJP on Friday.
During the session, the government completed its budgetary exercise after the Lok Sabha gave its nod to the demands for grants for the various ministries as well as the Finance Bill.
The Bill which now has been passed by both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha awaits the President’s approval.
Opposition MPs, including the Congress, held a protest on Friday in the Parliament premises over the US' reciprocal tariff on India, and demanded the government's response on the issue.
After the Lok Sabha had passed the Waqf Amendment Bill, Gandhi said the Bill was "bulldozed" through in the Lower House.
Thakur said the PM has already issued a statement on the Manipur viral video, assuring that the perperators won't be spared.
Amid fears of a washout in both the Houses of Parliament after the adjournments on the opening day of the Monsoon session over the demand for a discussion on the Manipur situation, eight major reports of three department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees were tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
After proceedings in both Houses of Parliament were cut short amid a ruckus over a viral video from Manipur, purportedly…
The BRS decision came after a video of two Kuki women being paraded naked and assaulted by a Meitei mob emerged in social media.
Ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament that begins Thursday, several opposition MPs have given notices in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha demanding discussions on the situation in Manipur arising from a fresh controversy as a video of two women being paraded naked surfaced and was widely circulated.
