NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed heated protests from Congress members following a remark by BJP MP Sambit Patra about leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi.During a debate on supplementary demands for grants, excess grants, and the Manipur budget, Patra drew a comparison between cricket captain Rohit Sharma and Gandhi, citing a comment made…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday approved additional government spending of Rs 51,463 crore for the current financial year and passed the Manipur Budget for 2025-26.The decision was taken as part of the second batch of supplementary demands for grants, which also included provisions for debt repayment and financial aid…
NEW DELHI: Veteran BJP MP Bishupada Ray, representing the only parliamentary seat from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, lost his temper in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, when the Zero Hour ended without him getting a chance to raise an issue related to his constituency.Ray’s party colleagues had to rush in to cool him down, with…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday called for a discussion in the House over alleged discrepancies in the voter list, saying that similar concerns had been raised across multiple states. He cited the example of Maharashtra assembly polls.“Question is being raised on the voter list in…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday constituted a 31-member select committee to review the Income Tax Bill, with BJP’s Baijayant Panda leading the panel.Nishikant Dubey, Anil Baluni, Deepender Singh Hooda (Congress), and Supriya Sule are among the 31 members of the panel. The committee is required to submit its report by the…
Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday accused the Trinamool Congress (TNC) administration of fostering systematic corruption and weakening governmental institutions.During her reply to the debate on Union Budget 2025-26 in the Lok Sabha she said, “It is ironical that Trinamool Congress, a party which prides itself on being…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi accusing the Congress leader of speaking the language of urban Naxals. The Prime Minister also took pot shots at Rahul over his allegations of “EAM lobbying for Trump inauguration invite” and his “boring” remark for President Droupadi Murmu’s Budget speech.‘Some…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Kalyan Banerjee, a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, has asked Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to intervene and resolve some “legal” issues concerning the draft report of the panel that was expected to be tabled in the House on Monday,…
NEW DELHI: Another Lok Sabha speech. Another controversy. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday stoked a row once again firing salvos at the government during his Motion of Thanks to President’s address in Lok Sabha. Rahul’s remarks evoked very strong reactions from the BJP and also some NDA ministers who accused the Congress leader of…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday presented a point-to-point rebuttal over the claims made by leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during his address the discussion on the motion of thanks to the President’s address.The parliamentary affairs minister asked Rahul why the Congress did not make a Tribal or a Dalit…