Union Interior Minister Amit Shah is in Bengal on a two-day visit before the Assembly elections next year (archive) Calcutta: Trinamool Congressional Deputy Derek O’Brien criticized Amit Shah on Sunday for “7 pieces of false and fabricated information in a speech,” a day after the Union Interior Minister attacked the …
Read More »Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O’Brien says in 6 years, BJP did everything it could to divide and rule India
Derek O’Brien said that Durga Puja is special to the people of Bengal. (Proceedings) Calcutta: After BJP National Chairman Jagat Prakash Nadda accused the Mamata Banerjee government of a “divide and rule” policy during his public address in Siliguri on Monday, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O’Brien issued a public …
Read More »Mamata Banerjee at the Kolkata rally on rape and gang murder of Hathras
Trinamool director Mamata Banerjee has started walking from Kolkata’s Birla Planetarium to the Gandhi statue. Calcutta: After leading a protest march in Kolkata against what is known as the “Hathras horror”, West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee targeted the BJP governments in Uttar Pradesh and the center to “torture the …
Read More »Gangrape Hathras: Derek O’Brien of TMC pushed to the ground; The woman’s family alleges harassment by the police
Derek O’Brien, a Rajya Sabha (RS) member of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), was pushed to the ground by a Uttar Pradesh (UP) police team on Friday afternoon when he and other lawmakers had tried to visit the village of Bul Gargi in Hathras, where a 19-year-old Dalit woman had died …
Read More »Unprecedented scenes in the history of Parliament: night protests, work past midnight for two consecutive nights
The Lok Sabha, the Lower House of Parliament, ran until 12.24 a.m. Tuesday, setting a new record for sitting past midnight for two consecutive nights after it did so on Sunday as well. And while the Lok Sabha was still buzzing with activity past midnight, a group of eight lawmakers …
Read More »The protest of 8 suspended MPs from Rajya Sabha continues into the night
The eight Members of Parliament (MP), who were suspended by Rajya Sabha President Venkaiah Naidu, have been protesting near the Gandhi statue on the premises. His protest has continued since the moment Naidu ordered his suspension for rebellious behavior in the House during the passage of two farm bills on …
Read More »‘Never before’: Minister criticizes behavior of 8 suspended Rajya Sabha MPs, staging protest
The eight Members of Parliament (MP), who were suspended by the President of Rajya Sabha, have refused to leave the premises and have started a protest. These MPs, Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen of TMC, Sanjay Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congressional leaders Rajeev Satav, Ripun Bora and …
Read More »Rajya Sabha: 8 opposition MPs suspended for a week after protests over agricultural bills
Eight opposition MPs, including Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien and AAP’s Sanjay Singh, were suspended from Rajya Sabha for a week under Rule 256 (2) on Monday for their “rebellious behavior” during the fierce protests over Sunday’s farm bills. . The government presented a motion for its suspension for “bringing …
Read More »Derek O’Brien of Trinamool Congress breaks rule book amid parliamentary drama
The Trinamool deputy then latched onto Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment on Friday. New Delhi: Amid a heated debate in Rajya Sabha against major farm bills, which were passed by parliament this afternoon, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien tried to break the rule book and snatch the microphone from Vice …
Read More »Congress of Trinamool Derek O’Brien digs into Parliament
The government needs humility to work with states to fight Covid-19, says Derek O’Brien. New Delhi: Attacking the government over the coronavirus crisis during a discussion in parliament, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien today mocked the PM-CARES fund as “I don’t care about the PM fund” and said the center …
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