Sumitra Mahajan has won the seat eight times in a row, Congress’ PC Sethi used to win from here in the past
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LS Speaker suspends four more MPs
New Delhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday again suspended four TDP and AIADMK for two consecutive sittings for causing “grave disorder” in the house. The Speaker’s action came as members of the two parties were agitating near the Speaker’s podium shouting slogans in support of their demands like[Read More…]
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan suspends 19 AIADMK, TDP MPs
New Delhi, As many as 19 Lok Sabha members belonging to the Telugu Desam Party(TDP) and AIADMK were on Thursday suspended for four consecutive sittings by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan for causing “grave disorder” in the House by storming near the podium, tearing papers and throwing them towards the Chair. The[Read More…]
Will reservation bring welfare, asks Sumitra Mahajan
Ranchi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Sunday demanded to know if continuing with reservation in education and jobs endlessly will bring prosperity to the country. “The idea of Ambedkarji was to bring social harmony by introducing reservation for 10 years. But what we do is to extend the reservation[Read More…]
Parties should come together to discuss SC/ST Act: Sumitra Mahajan
Amid widespread anger, including calls of ‘Bharat bandh’, against the amendment to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Thursday said all political parties should get together to discuss the issue. A Bharat bandh was called Thursday by some anti-reservation bodies against the amendment to the Act last month. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya[Read More…]
Somnath Chatterjee’s family rejects CPI-M request to drape body with red flag
KOLKATA: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s family on Monday turned down the request of the CPI-M leadership to drape the expelled member’s body in the red flag and allow him to be taken to the party’s West Bengal state headquarters here for people to pay their last respects. “The[Read More…]
Somnath Chatterjee; a distinguished politician with various shades in political career
Somnath Chatterjee has always been a leader of Communist Party of India (CPI-M) except for the last few years of his life when he was expelled from his party after refusing to resign from the position of Lok Sabha speaker. He was the speaker of Lok Sabha from the year[Read More…]
Parliament’s Monsoon Session Live Updates: BJP issues whip to its MP for defeating no-confidence motion
Union Cabinet approves Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2018 in Lok Sabha Meanwhile, in Lok Sabha the Union Cabinet has approved the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2018 to set up the Central University of Andhra Pradesh. Rajya Sabha stands adjourned until Thursday The proceedings of the House come to an end and the Rajya Sabha is[Read More…]
Our aim is social justice: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday set the goal to achieve social justice in India. He said the nation already has manpower, skill and resources, all it needs is to work on mission mode to bring about the positive change. With am aim to improve India’s standing in[Read More…]
