Tag: india politics
Uma Bharti bats for OBC quota in women’s quota
While the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has positioned itself to take all the credit for the ‘Women’s Reservation Bill’ passed unanimously during the recent special session of Parliament, former Union minister Uma Bharti has voiced her disappointmen...
Opposition wants Bidhuri remarks to go to privileges panel
Opposition parties will write to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s use of abusive language against BSP MP Danish Ali in the House and demand that the matter be sent to the privileges committee, sources said on Friday. One of the sour...
Kejriwal attributes free power to God’s grace
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said his government is providing free and round-the-clock electricity supply as he has God’s blessings. Inaugurating development works in the Mahipalpur area of the Bijwasan Assembly segment on Friday, Kejriwal sai...
Insult to parliament, says Congress
The Congress on Friday strongly condemned BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s objectionable remarks in the Lok Sabha against BSP parliamentarian Danish Ali and demanded his immediate suspension from the House. Describing the remarks as an insult to all MPs, Congress...
Ajit faction’s disqualification plea against Sharad camp
The Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party has submitted a petition to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar seeking disqualification of 10 MLAs affiliated to party founder Sharad Pawar. The petition was filed on Thursday by Anil Bhaid...
Rajnath regrets BJP member’s remark against BSP MP
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday expressed regret in the Lok Sabha for certain “objectionable” remarks made by BJP member Ramesh Bidhuri. Participating in a discussion on the Chandrayaan-3 mission in the Lok Sabha, Bidhuri made certain remarks a...
Gehlot uses more derogatory words against Shekhawat
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday called Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat “good for nothing” — using the derogatory words “nikamma” and ”nikara” that he once used for fellow Congress leader Sachin Pilot. The chief minister was lashi...
O’Brien’s jibe at BJP on women’s reservation
The BJP could not find a single woman in 16 NDA states to become chief minister, TMC MP Derek O’Brien said on Thursday during the debate on the women’s reservation bill introduced in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, a day after it was cleared in Lok Sabha by an o...
Women’s Bill to dominate Modi’s poll campaigns
With the Special session of Parliament over, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the election campaign of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on September 25, Monday, with massive rallies in the capitals of both the states. The successful passage...
Modi’s Telangana remark an insult: Rahul
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged disrespectful remarks in Parliament on Telangana martyrs and their sacrifices are nothing but insulting the state’s existence and self-respect, AICC leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday. In a message posted on X (form...
BJP claims missing ‘Socialist, Secular’ terms as per original
After Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s big claim that Preamble in the new copies of Constitution does not have the words “socialist” and “secular”, BJP has said “it was like this only” when Constitution was made. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowd...
Sonia Gandhi calls for early implementation
Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi led the debate on the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha on behalf of the party. She called for the early implementation of the bill, which according to current indications will come into...
Women’s bill ‘election jumla’, says Opposition
The opposition on Tuesday termed as an “election jumla” the women’s reservation bill brought by the government with many leaders raising questions over the proposed legislation, contending it doesn’t account for reservation for OBC communities and that it...
BJP, Cong credit war over Women’s Reservation Bill
A loud credit war has broken out between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the main opposition Congress over the Women’s Reservation Bill, which was hanging fire for 27 long years. BJP sources suggest that the Congress has “never been serious” about t...
Modi’s tribute ‘every brick’ of ‘old’ parliament building
During the special session of the Parliament, all MPs will reportedly receive a gift bag containing a copy of the Constitution of India, some booklets related to the history and working of the Parliament, a commemorative coin and a stamp on the opening da...