Bollywood actress Rekha took oath as a Rajya Sabha MP. Film personalities, with a few exceptions, have in recent times failed to make a mark in Parliament. Another controversy erupted in Parliament when Jaya Bachchan objected to being shown on TV when Rekha took oath. CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discussed the question and the issue with a distinguished panel on her show Face The Nation. Following is the transcript...
12:01 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan has complained to Rajya Sabha Chairperson and Vice President Hamid Ansari about Rajya Sabha TV showing her footage while Rekha took oath as a member of the House on Tuesday. Jaya Bachchan complained that the footage was picked up by news channels and played to sensationalise the matter. She told Ansari that she felt hurt by the Rajya Sabha TV footage and the...
06:11 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Cine superstar Rekha took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on May 15, 2012, becoming yet another personality from the tinsel town to enter the portals of Parliament. Clad in golden brown saree and a matching high-heel sandals, the 57-year-old actor of yesteryears arrived in the Upper House at 10.57 hours and was immediately surrounded by members who greeted her profusely. Renowned journalist and nominated member...
11:02 AM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Tuesday refused to comment on reports of SP MP Jaya Bachchan's demand to change her seat in Rajya Sabha after Bollywood actress Rekha's nomination to the Upper House, saying it was her own 'Silsila'. Rekha took oath as a Rajya Sabha MP on Tuesday. "I don't want to say anything on why Jaya Bachchan changed her seat. It's her own 'Silsila'....
11:44 AM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Jaya Bachchan will be seated away from her 'Silsila' co-star Rekha in the Rajya Sabha after her request for a change of place was accepted. A nominated member, Rekha who was rumoured to have romanced Amitabh Bachchan in the late 70s, would occupy seat no 99 while Jaya has been moved to seat no 143 from 91. Sachin Tendulkar, another nominated member, has been allotted seat no 103...
04:19 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Actress and Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan has got her seat in the Rajya Sabha shifted to seat no. 143. Reports say this came after her co-star from the 1981 film 'Silsila', Rekha, was allotted seat number 99, which was right behind her previous seat 91. She requested for a seat change apparently to avoid proximity to the actress, reports said. Meanwhile, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been allotted...
06:49 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: The ghost of Bofors returned to haunt the Congress following new revelations by Sten Lindstorm, the man who blew the lid off the defence corruption case. The Congress on Wednesday claimed that the party had always raised the question of Ottavio Quattrocchi while defending former prime minister late Rajiv Gandhi and said that the issue should be closed. "This has been proved again that Rajivji was innocent. This...
06:09 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: The man who blew the lid off the Bofors scam, former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstorm, on Wednesday gave a clean chit to actor and then MP Amitabh Bachchan and his family in the case. Revealing his real identity after being known as Swedish Deep Throat for 25 years, Lindstorm had said that Bachchan and his family were planted in a Swedish newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, by Indian investigators....
01:42 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley, BSP supremo Mayawati, Union ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Rajeev Shukla, and Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi and actor Jaya Bachchan were among the 50 new members who took oath in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Jaitley, who was re-elected to the Upper House from Gujarat, was the first to be called to take oath. After taking oath in Hindi, he greeted Prime Minister Manmohan...
04:09 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had to let go Madhur Bhandrakar's dream project 'Heroine' because of her pregnancy. On November 16, 2011, Aishwarya delivered a baby girl, which almost became national news. Now, everyone is eager to know whether Ash will take a break from Bollywood or making a comeback is on her mind. Aishwarya is one of the highest paid celebrity endorsers. She is already the face of cosmetic...
11:00 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and actor-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan are among 10 candidates who were on Thursday declared elected unopposed for Rajya Sabha from the state. Ten seats of the Upper House had fallen vacant in March, the election for which was scheduled on March 30. Thursday was the last day for withdrawal of nominations. Only 10 nominations were filed for as many seats and nobody withdrew the...
09:00 PM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan on Saturday filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha as a Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate. A former Rajya Sabha member, Jaya filed her nomination in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and other party MLAs. Jaya was earlier elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2004 as SP nominee and completed her term in 2010. She, however, refused re-nomination. She is the sixth...
12:43 PM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan is expected to file her nomination for the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Jaya is also likely to be joined by Samajwadi Party leaders Naresh Agarwal, Brij Bhushan Tiwari and Samajwadi Party loyalist Munawar Salim. Darshan Singh Yadav is also expected to file his nomination. As many as 58 seats are set to fall vacant in Rajya Sabha on April 2, 2012. On the basis of...
10:04 AM, Mar 16, 2012
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