''Obstruction and disruption of proceedings as parliamentary practice or option are antithetical to democratic values,” said Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankharm, who assumed the charge of Rajya Sabha chairman on Wednesday.
The BJP-led NDA government had introduced the bill in its previous tenure as well but could not push it through due to vehement protests by opposition parties, which criticised the bill as discriminatory on religious grounds.
Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan is also expected to convene a meeting on December 11 to seek cooperation of all political parties in smooth running of the House.
Women activists and organisations on Wednesday demanded that the long pending Women’s Reservation Bill be passed in the upcoming winter…
The Congress on Tuesday again demanded that the Winter Session of Parliament be convened immediately and said not summoning the…
