Government likely to address price rise in the parliament next week

30 Jul 2022

A decision to include the issue of Price rise for discussion in both the houses of the parliament has been made in the third week of the Monsoon session. The issue is to be discussed on Monday in the Lower House under rule 193, followed by a discussion in the...

Monsoon session: Suspended MPs refused to apologise, continued protest

28 Jul 2022

On Thursday, opposition MPs, who had been suspended from the Rajya Sabha for interrupting the proceedings, continued to protest near the Gandhi statue inside the parliament and refused to be apologetic. TMC MP Mausam Noor said, "There is no question of apologising. We wanted to have discussions on the price...

“Detention became brainstorming session,” says Congress leader KC Venugopal

26 Jul 2022

During the ongoing protests by the Congress leaders which eventually resulted into their detention including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, congressmen were seen in Delhi’s Kingsway police camp. KC Venugopal , senior Congress leader, exalted themselves for converting the "detention into a brainstorming session." Taking it to Twitter, he said, "We...

Amid opposition protests, 19 MPs suspended from the Rajya Sabha

26 Jul 2022

On Tuesday, 19 members of the Rajya Sabha were expelled after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Prakash Birla took action against four Congress members the previous day. As a result of opposition rallies against the government over inflation, more than 20 MPs will no longer be permitted to attend the monsoon...

Four Congress MPs suspended for unprecedented move in the Parliament

25 Jul 2022

The Lok Sabha has suspended four Congress MPs for the entire monsoon session. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Om Prakash Birla, took action amid opposition protests against the government since the beginning of the monsoon session. The legislators protesting within the house received one last warning from Om Prakash...

PM meets ministers to discuss government strategy

21 Jul 2022

The Government’s strategy has been discussed in Parliament in a meeting attended by the top functionaries along with the Prime Minister on Thursday. The meeting was scheduled as a result of the protest by the opposition for two days in a row, seeking an explanation over the price rise and...

Day 2 of Parliament’s Monsoon Session adjourned over protest by the opposition

19 Jul 2022

The first day of the Monsoon Session was truncated for tributes and presidential polls have loaded the second day. The IndianAntarctic Bill 2022 is to be discussed in the Lok Sabha , Rajya Sabha will talk over Weapons of Mass destruction and their delivery systems amendment bill, 2022. The opposition...

Harbhajan Singh, Misa Bharti and Rajeev Shukla among 28 MPs to sworn in as Rajya sabha members

18 Jul 2022

Harbhajan Singh, along with the daughter of the former CM of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Misa Bharti, and Rajeev Shukla, vice-president of the BCCI, were sworn in as Rajya Sabha members on Monday including 25 others Others were Rao Meena, Vijay Sai Reddy, Kheeru Mahto, Shambhala Saran Patel, Ranjeet Ranjan,...