The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, to bring cooperative banks under the supervision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). During the discussion on the bill, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Chamber that several cooperative banks were under stress during the Covid-19 pandemic …
Read More »Sharad Pawar’s fast today to show support for the suspended 8 Rajya Sabha MPs
Sharad Pawar today announced a one-day fast to express his solidarity with 8 suspended Rajya Sabha members. New Delhi: Maharashtra veteran leader Sharad Pawar today announced a one-day fast to express his solidarity with eight Rajya Sabha members suspended in chaos during a vote on controversial farm bills. Congress and …
Read More »Opposition to boycott Rajya Sabha until suspension of MPs is revoked
Congressional Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said Tuesday that the suspension of eight members of the Opposition should be overturned and the Opposition would boycott the House proceedings until the demand is satisfied. Azad also demanded that the government introduce a bill requiring private companies and even the Food Corporation of …
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 »Opposition increases pressure, Rajya Sabha boycotts until 3 demands are met
New Delhi: The opposition will boycott the Rajya Sabha proceedings until three key demands are met, including the revocation of the suspension of eight members, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad declared today in the upper house as the great drama continues for the third day in a row. . The …
Read More »Rajya Sabha Vice President’s 1-Day Fast Says Distraught, Couldn’t Sleep
Rajya Sabha Vice President wrote to Vice President Venkaiah Naidu. (Proceedings) New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Vice President Harivansh declared a fast day until tomorrow, expressing his anguish over the opposition attacks on parliament during the vote on the government’s agricultural bills. Harivansh announced his fast shortly after meeting eight Rajya …
Read More »Acts of Parliament live updates | The government is not bent on keeping suspended MPs out of the House: Pralhad Joshy
Eight opposition MPs Rajya Sabha, who were suspended by the House on Monday, launched an indefinite sit-in inside Parliament, even as the 15 non-NDA parties asked President Ram Nath Kovind not to consent to the two agricultural bills. it happened in the Upper House on Sunday. Opposition leaders will march …
Read More »Prime Minister Supports Rajya Sabha Vice President After MPs Suspended Tea Offer
Rajya Sabha Vice President Harivansh approached the suspended MPs and offered them tea this morning. New Delhi: Eight members of the Rajya Sabha opposition, suspended yesterday due to mass chaos when controversial farm laws were passed on Sunday, spent the night in the gardens of the parliament complex and declared …
Read More »LIVE Parliament Updates: Overnight Session of Suspended Legislators Can Snowball Like Cong to Raise Issue of Their ‘Abuse’ at LS; Harivansh talks to MPs over tea
Dozens of Delhi congressional leaders and workers marching into Parliament on Monday to protest the new Bills farm were also detained by police. Led by the President of the Delhi Congress, Anil Kumar, the protesters were marching towards the Parliament building, but were stopped on RP Road and detained. Eight …
Read More »‘Harivansh assault attack on Bihar’ | India News
NEW DELHI: The “harassment” of Rajya Sabha Vice President Harivansh has given a new cause to the ruling NDA coalition in Bihar just before the elections with the chief deputy minister and leader of the BJP Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday he referred to this episode as an attack on …
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