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BJP ruling country by making the Opposition weak, says RJD leader

Rashtriya Janata Dal state president Jagadanand Singh claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party is not ruling on the basis of good governance but by making the opposition weak to show it is stronger.

Murmu elected Prez: A look at vote percentages in all presidential polls

Droupadi Murmu defeated the opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha, winning 64.03 per cent of the total votes polled on Thursday

Prez polls: Goa CM thanks three Opposition MLAs for voting for Murmu

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has thanked three MLAs from opposition benches who cross-voted in support of President-elect Droupadi Murmu.

Droupadi Murmu's tally boosted by cross-voting from Opposition members

A sizeable number of MLAs from across state assemblies cross-voted in support of Droupadi Murmu, defying their parties' stated support to Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha, sources said on Thursday.

'Political vendetta': Opposition blames Centre of misusing probe agencies

Opposition parties criticized the Central government for unleashing a "relentless vendetta against political opponents" through misuse of investigative agencies by targeting prominent leaders

Oppn parties question Assam CM's campaign to hoist 8 mn national flags

Assams two main opposition parties, the Congress and the AIUDF, questioned Himanta Biswa Sarmas campaign to hoist 8 mn national flags at houses, offices and commercial establishments across the state

Opposition protests on GST hike, raises slogans against govt in Parliament

Opposition parties on Wednesday staged a protest in Parliament premises against inflation and the hike in the Goods and Services Tax on certain commodities of daily use. Leaders of opposition parties including the Congress, NCP, DMK and Left raised slogans against the government demanding a roll back of the hike in GST rates on commodities like curd, bread and paneer. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and others were present during the protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament premises. The Congress and other parties have been seeking a discussion in Parliament on the issue of inflation and GST rates. Parliament has witnessed disruptions over the issue ever since the start of the Monsoon Session on Monday. The protesting opposition MPs also held banners and placards, saying "Gabbar Singh Tax Strikes again". The opposition has been describing the GST as Gabbar Singh Tax, referring to the Bollywood blockbuster Sholay's villain

Talk to Oppn representatives during visits to districts: UP CM to ministers

UP CM Yogi Adityanath asked his ministers to interact with public representatives of opposition parties and take their feedback on government policies during their visits to the districts

VP poll: Oppn meet to chalk out strategy, Alva says not afraid of challenge

Leaders of opposition parties on Monday met at the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar to chalk out the joint strategy for their vice presidential candidate Margaret Alva

Yashwant Sinha vs Droupadi Murmu: India's MPs and MLAs vote for 15th Prez

With the BJP's dominance and support from regional parties such as the BJD, BSP, Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiv Sena and now JMM, Murmu's vote share is likely to reach nearly two-thirds.

Monsoon Session from today: Govt lists 32 bills, Oppn seeks Agnipath debate

Union Minister Prahlad Joshi has listed the government's business for the monsoon session, which includes 14 pending bills and 24 new bills

Opposition parties meet at Pawar's residence to discuss joint VP candidate

Oppn leaders Sunday met at the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar here to discuss their joint vice presidential candidate for the August 6 poll, with the numbers strongly in favour of the ruling NDA.

Will see if unparliamentary words list applied in draconian manner: Tharoor

'Some are regular words which feature in parliamentary debates all the time and it is possible they were expunged in a specific context that would not apply in other contexts'

Opposition parties to soon finalise joint candidate for vice-president poll

The meeting is scheduled to take place at the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar at 3 PM, with all major opposition parties expected to attend

Prez poll: MPs, MLAs to vote Monday; NDA's Murmu has edge over Oppn's Sinha

With the support of regional parties such as BJD, YSRCP, BSP, AIADMK, TDP, JD(S), Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiv Sena and now JMM, Murmu's vote share is likely to reach nearly two-thirds

Central agencies targeting Oppn parties to harass us: Abhishek Banerjee

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday accused the central agencies of targeting opposition camps to serve interests of the ruling party at the Centre

BJP running Operation Kamal even in prez polls, money power at play: Sinha

Opposition parties' joint Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of indulging in horse trading in the election for the country's highest constitutional post

BJP slams Oppn on unparliamentary words' row, says it is creating issue

The BJP took on the opposition, especially the Congress, over the issue of unparliamentary words on Thursday and said it is trying to create an issue where none exists

National emblem: Govt made the lions 'angry', 'full of angst', says Oppn

Opposition members and activists accused the government of distorting the national emblem by replacing the "graceful and regally confident" Ashokan lions

Oppn memorandum against 'Agnipath' scheme not signed by Manish Tewari

Apart from the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Secretary, the three chiefs of the Armed Forces and other senior officials of the Ministry of Defence were also present in the meeting