New Delhi: BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad has severely criticised the Congress and the ruling UPA Government for orchestrating the proceedings in the Rajya Sabha so that no voting on the Lokpal Bill could take place. "The UPA Government and the Congress has committed a fraud on the democracy," said Prasad. The RJD was employed to disrupt the proceedings of the House," alleges Prasad. "The Government could manage amendments in...
01:14 AM, Dec 30, 2011
New Delhi: After the upper House was adjourned on Thursday midnight without voting on the Lokpal Bill, the Leader of Oppositon in Rajya Sabha and BJP leader Arun Jaitley criticised the Government for staging the drama and asked for immediate resignation of the UPA Government. "It (the Government) has no right to govern the country. It has lost political and moral authority," said Jaitley. "Since today evening the Government's intention...
12:36 AM, Dec 30, 2011
New Delhi: Lok Sabha was adjourned abruptly on Wednesday after uproar created by the BJP, which wanted voting on two bills - Judicial Accountability and 114th Constitution Amendment Bill. The sudden adjournment of the House left the debate on the two crucial bills incomplete. The much-delayed Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill 2010, which is an amended version of the one introduced last year, provides for a mechanism to investigate complaints...
08:26 PM, Dec 28, 2011
New Delhi: Amidst confusion about the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the upper House has been adjourned till Thursday, after the Government on Wednesday afternoon said the legislation will be debated on Thursday. The Lokpal Bill has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday but the discussion and voting on the proposed legislation was deferred. MoS Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla said that the Rajya Sabha will take up...
05:29 PM, Dec 28, 2011
New Delhi: Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday refuted senior BJP leader LK Advani's allegation that the UPA Government has been delaying action on black money. Tewari accused the NDA of politicising the problem of black money and pointed out that the Centre has been taking action against those involved in evading tax. "It is wrong to say that the black money problem has been created by the UPA Government....
01:49 PM, Dec 14, 2011
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi will be back in Delhi on Wednesday from his campaign tour in Uttar Pradesh for the adjournment motion on black money to be moved by BJP leader LK Advani in Lok Sabha. Sources in the office of the Congress General Secretary said that Rahul, who began his five-day tour of UP on Tuesday, will resume his campaign after that and no programme has been cancelled. BJP...
11:06 AM, Dec 14, 2011
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani moved the adjournment motion on black money issue in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Sources had earlier said the government is trying to convince the Opposition that adjournment motion should not to be put to vote. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi also made changes in his Western UP tour to ensure presence during the vote on the debate in Lok Sabha on Wednesday....
10:37 AM, Dec 14, 2011
New Delhi: The adjournment motion on black money issue is expected to come up for discussion in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Senior BJP leader LK Advani is likely to move the motion and it comes right on the heels of his recently concluded anti-corruption yatra. Sources said the government is trying to convince the Opposition that adjournment motion should not to be put to vote. The BJP has been...
06:53 AM, Dec 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Congress core committee on Wednesday met to discuss foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail amid reports of differences within the party on the issue and calls for adjournment motion. However, no decision was taken on the issue of adjournment motion during the meeting. The core group is slated to meet again to discuss the issue. This came a day after Sanjay Singh, Congress MP from Uttar Pradesh,...
09:54 PM, Nov 30, 2011
New Delhi: Slamming the continued disruptions in Parliament, Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said MPs indulging in such conduct are not "doing things consistent to the oath" they took as members. "Having taken an oath to the Constitution our job is to discuss, debate and inform. If we do not do that, then in a sense we are not doing things consistent to the oath that we have taken,"...
03:30 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: The third day of the winter session of Parliament began with an uproar in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha over the issue of price rise even as the TDP gave an adjournment motion notice on price rise while the Left, too, agreed to a discussion under rule 193 that does not entail voting. Both Houses were first adjourned till noon and then till 2 pm....
11:00 AM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: It is the third day of the winter session of Parliament and the logjam over the black money issue that stalled the House for two days is likely to end. The government is likely to give in to the Opposition's demand for an adjournment motion on the black money issue. Senior BJP leader LK Advani is expected to move this motion. The BJP Parliamentary party met on Thursday...
07:38 AM, Nov 24, 2011
Legislative business continues to be pending and Rs 8 crore have been lost over the last two days. ...
10:04 PM, Nov 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Monday for the day after paying tributes to former Haryana Chief Minister and sitting member Bhajan Lal, who died during the inter-session period. As soon as the House met on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Speaker Meira Kumar made obituary reference to Lal, a member from Hissar, who died on June 3. She described him as an able...
01:04 PM, Aug 01, 2011
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Assembly was adjourned without transacting any business for the third day on Monday as TRS and TDP members from Telangana region raised slogans demanding separate statehood. As soon as the House met for the day, agitated members belonging to these parties raised the issue vociferously and repeatedly stormed the well, ignoring pleas by the Chair to restore order. Spearheading the protest, Telangana Rashtra Samiti members rushed...
03:00 PM, Feb 21, 2011
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