Tag: Rajya Sabha
Congress Likely To Lose The Leader Of Opposition Position In Rajya Sabha After Elections To The Upper House
Clouds have gathered over the fate of Congress in the upper house of Parliament Rajya Sabha after its smashing defeat in the recent assembly elections. While the Congress has already lost its stature as the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, the party is… Read More
Subramanian Swamy Breaks Silence On ‘First Hijab, Then Studies’ Logic; Fires A Question Why Their ‘Grandfathers Chose To Stay In India’
With the Hijab controversy yet to reach a logical & legal solution, Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subramanian Swamy expressed his opinion on the issue on Wednesday. Taking to microblogging site Twitter, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader highlighted the protesting students' grievance that the government was… Read More
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RS chairman Venkaiah Naidu Turns Down Appeal To Revoke Suspension, Says MPs Are Unapologetic About Their Behaviour
Venkaiah Naidu, the Chairman of Rajya Sabha, on Tuesday rejected the opposition’s appeal for revocation of suspension of 12 MPs. “I am not considering the appeal of Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge to revoke suspension of 12 MPs as the suspended MPs have not apologised… Read More
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PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ Generates Over Rs 30.80 Crore Revenue Since 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme ''Mann Ki Baat'' has fetched over Rs 30.80 crore as revenue since it began in 2014, with the highest of over Rs 10.64 crore earned in 2017-18, Rajya Sabha was informed Monday. . Read more at: https://www.oneindia.com/india/pm-modi-s-mann-ki-baat-generates-over-rs-30-80-crore-revenue-since-2014-3287854.html . Read More
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Kailash Joshi Former CM Madhya Pradesh Died At 90
The "saint of politics", Kailash Joshi has died at the age of 90, he was suffering from long term illness. He was admitted in the Bhopal Hospital and died in the hospital. Former CM Madhya Pradesh has been one of the senior leader of BJP.… Read More
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Central Government Posts Vacant Informed By Minister Of State To Rajya Sabha
Jitendra Singh has informed Rajya Sabha that about 5,74,289 posts for group C and 19,806 in Group A are vacant. The Minister of state for personnel, Jitendra Singh stated that total seven Lakhs of posts are available till date of March 1, 2018. The Minister… Read More
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BJP makes attendance priority from workshops to House sessions
The BJP has issued a whip to all its Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members asking them to compulsorily be present in the House from August 5th to 7th. While there is speculation that the party is meeting in order to make crucial decisions on… Read More
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Triple Talaq Bill passed in the Rajya Sabha
The Triple Talaq Bill has finally been passed in Rajya Sabha with 99 votes in its favour. The Bill criminalises the oral pronouncement of instant triple talaq. Men who give their wives instant triple talaq are now liable to a three-year punishment. The Bill has… Read More
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Non NDA Parties support RTI Amendment Bill
The RTI Amendment Bill has been controversial as it will bring complete control of the tenure and salaries of the chief information commissioners and the information commissioners of the RTI under the ruling government. People have felt that this will reduce transperancy in the process.… Read More
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Vaiko sparks off yet another language debate
MDMK General Secretary Vaiko sparked off get another language debate in the Rajya Sabha by claiming that the usage of Hindi in the Parliament has lowered the quality of debates. He went on to ignorantly call Sanskrit a dead language while absolutely incorrectly stating that… Read More
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Israeli Beer Company withdraws packaging with Mahatma Gandhi’s photo
An Israeli Beer Company named Malka had released a product to celebrate Israel's 71st Independence Day with Mahatma Gandhi's picture on the packaging. AAP MP Sanjay Singh brought this to notice in the Rajya Sabha after which External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar took the necessary… Read More
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Rajya Sabha Candidates Filed For Two Seats Vacant After Smriti Irani And Amit Shah Gujarat
Two seats of Rajya Sabha seats were earlier occupied by Smriti Irani and Amit Shah now vacant after the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Four candidates have filed affidavits for the two seats for Rajya Sabha in Gujarat. Among the four External Affairs Minister S jaishankar… Read More
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Decisions regarding Sushma Swaraj, Advani and Joshi’s positions in Rajya Sabha to be taken this week
The BJP is likely to decide whether Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi will be given positions in the Rajya Sabha since they had not contested in the Lok Sabha election 2019. LK Advani and Murali Manohar Joshi are veteran BJP leaders who… Read More
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Triple Talaq Ban Bill to be reintroduced in the Parliament
The Bill banning the use of instant triple talaq is to be reintroduced in the Parliament as the bill could not be passed before the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha. Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the present government would ensure the passage… Read More
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Amazing – Now 22 Official Languages Can Be Used In Rajya Sabha, Later Parliament..