BOLPUR (WB): Describing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a man who has “significantly gained maturity” over the years, Nobel laureate economist Professor Amartya Sen felt the leader’s true test would be how he led the Opposition in Parliament during the current regime of Narendra Modi-led NDA government. The nonagenarian also opined that Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo […]
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal on Saturday accused the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre of acting in a criminal and unconstitutional manner and invading privacy of the political opponents. In a post on X, Venugopal, who is the Congress General Secretary in-charge of Organisation wrote, “Thank you PM Modi ji for sending […]
NEW DELHI: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Uttarakhand’s Jyotish Peeth has come out in Rahul Gandhi’s defence days after the Congress leader launched a blistering attack on the BJP and the RSS on the floor of the Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi’s remark has led to a furore, with the right-wing ecosystem targeting him as anti-Hindu. “After […]
AHMEDABAD: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday that his party will defeat the BJP in Gujarat in the next election the same way it did in Ayodhya in the recent Lok Sabha polls. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha made the remark while addressing a party workers’ convention in Ahmedabad. […]
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said by turning up in higher numbers to vote in the Lok Sabha elections, Kashmir has given a befitting reply to the enemies of India. Addressing a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament after the constitution of the 18th Lok Sabha, President Murmu also said the Constitution […]
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday described the imposition of Emergency in 1975 as the “biggest and darkest chapter” of direct attack on the Constitution, and said the country emerged victorious over such unconstitutional forces. Addressing a joint sitting of Parliament after the constitution of the 18th Lok Sabha, she said when the Constitution […]
Om Birla Vs K Suresh To Be Picked Today New Delhi: he ruling BJP-led NDA on Tuesday maintained its streak of continuity in its third term by fielding previous Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for the crucial parliamentary position again, but its bid for a consensus was thwarted by the opposition which forced an election […]
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker’s post is being contested by two candidates, the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) Om Birla, who was the Speaker in the 17th Lok Sabha, and eight-term MP from the Congress, K. Suresh. This is, however, not the first instance that the Speaker’s post has seen a poll, with at least three […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will occupy the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a letter about the decision has been sent to Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab by the Congress party. The decision on Rahul Gandhi’s appointment as the Leader of Opposition was announced soon after a meeting of the […]
As the ruling NDA coalition and the Opposition’s INDIA bloc fielded their candidates for the election of Lok Sabha Speaker, the former has blamed the “old mentality” of the Congress for not building consensus. The NDA coalition has named Kota MP and former Speaker Om Birla as its candidate for the Speaker’s post, while the […]