Lok Sabha MP Om Birla was elected as Lok Sabha Speaker Wednesday by a voice vote for the second time in a row. The Opposition did not press for a division of votes and pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab declared Birla as elected, saying the “ayes have it”. With Birla’s election, Mahtab said, the other motions …
Parliament Winter Session 2023, Day 17 Live Updates: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) MPs in Rajya Sabha stood up and took part in the House proceeding on Wednesday to express their support to Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar after TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicked him outside the Parliament yesterday. Meanwhile, the vice-president said he …
As many as 49 more Lok Sabha MPs were suspended yesterday, taking the total number of suspensions in the winter session to 141. Among those suspended include Congress MPs Shashi Tharoor and Karti Chidambaram, NCP’s Supriya Sule, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference MP Farooq Abdullah, Bahujan Samaj Party’s Danish Ali, Samajwadi Party’s Dimple Yadav, DMK’s …
In a major escalation of tensions between the Opposition and the government, 78 MPs were suspended from both Houses of Parliament on Monday, taking the total number of suspended MPs in this session to 92, both figures unprecedented in the history of the Indian Parliament. Opposition leaders termed it a “murder of democracy.” Those suspended …
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducts proceedings in the House during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (PTI Photo) Opp suspensions over House ruckus, not security breach: Om Birla letter to MPs Amid continuing logjam in Parliament over Wednesday’s security breach, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday urged …
News India Parliament Winter Session 2023 Live Updates: Oppn MPs demands answers, say ‘BJP sadan se bhaagna band karo’ in LS Parliament Winter Session, Day 15 Live Updates: LS is set to hold discussions on the three reworked criminal law reform Bills, provided the Parliament gridlock ends. Parliament Winter Session 2023 Live Updates, Day 15: …
News India Parliament Winter Session 2023 Live Updates: 14 Lok Sabha MPs, Derek O’Brien suspended for remainder of session amid uproar Parliament Winter Session, Day 11 Live Updates: Lok Sabha proceedings will resume at 11 am on Friday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to table the reworked criminal law Bills in the Rajya …
News India Parliament Security Breach Live Updates: 8 Lok Sabha security personnel suspended over lapses Parliament Security Breach Live Updates (14 December): Meanwhile, outside the Parliament building, a man and a woman — identified as 42-year-old Neelam and 25-year-old Amol Shinde — were detained by local police outside New Delhi’s Transport Bhavan, where they were …
The expulsion of Mahua Moitra, the Trinamool Congress MP from the Lok Sabha is unique in many respects. Firstly, it is not clear whether the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha has the jurisdiction and the mandate to recommend expulsion. The principal charge against Moitra was that she received money for asking questions in Parliament from …