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No point raising Pegasus; Opp shouldn't link session with polls: Naqvi

The deputy leader of Rajya Sabha said the government is ready to discuss and debate all issues on the basis of the decision of the chair in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

Noteban destroyed businesses, led to deaths in queues outside banks: Oppn

Opposition parties on Monday hit out at the ruling BJP on the fifth anniversary of demonetisation, saying the decision led to loss of life and destroyed businesses

PM Modi slams Opposition for selective outrage over human rights violations

Modi on Tuesday took a veiled dig at the Opposition

Oppn-ruled states demand extension of GST compensation beyond June 2022

Finance ministers of Opposition-ruled states have demanded that the GST compensation cess regime be extended beyond June 2022.

Opposition resorted to false narrative for creating vaccine hesitancy: Puri

The Opposition resorted to "false narratives" to create vaccine hesitancy among the masses, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri alleged Thursday.

Role reversal: Tharoor, Priyanka Chaturvedi turn interviewers for Sansad TV

Opposition MPs Shashi Tharoor and Priyanka Chaturvedi are moving to the other side of the mic as hosts for their own shows on the newly launched Sansad TV.

Party that gets 120-130 LS seats will lead oppn front: Salman Khurshid

Congress is still in the "best position" to clinch 120-130 seats in the next Lok Sabha elections and assume the leadership role in a prospective anti-BJP opposition alliance, the Congress leader said

Why Infosys is latest RSS target

Panchajanya attack makes Infosys first big corporate to fall victim to RSS and its affiliates hit-and-run tactics

Success of Jan Ashirwad Yatras left oppsition 'disturbed, nervous': Nadda

The success of 'Jan Ashirwad Yatras' across the country has left the opposition parties "disturbed and nervous", BJP president J.P. Nadda said on Saturday.

Congress sets up panel to plan sustained agitations on national issues

Congress president Sonia Gandhi set up a nine-member panel of party leaders headed by Digvijaya Singh on Thursday for planning "sustained agitations on national issues"

'Sorry state of affairs': CJI N V Ramana on lack of debate in Parliament

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana Sunday said it is a "sorry state of affairs" as the absence of quality debate leaves many aspects of laws unclear and increases the burden on courts

TMC likely to join Sonia Gandhi's virtual meet for opposition leaders

Trinamool Congress has received an invite to a virtual meet for opposition leaders by Congress president Sonia Gandhi slated for next week, a political aide of TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee confirmed

Oppn accuses govt of crushing its voice in Parl, 'murdering' democracy

Leaders of several opposition parties stepped up their offensive accusing the government of crushing their voice in Parliament

Opposition MPs raise Pegasus snooping issue in debate on OBC bill in LS

Opposition MPs raised the Pegasus snooping issue in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday during a debate on a Constitution amendment bill that seeks to restore the states' power to make their own OBC lists. Leader of the Congress in the House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that countries like Israel, Hungary and France have ordered investigation into the issue of suspected snooping and asked why the Narendra Modi government is "afraid" of a debate on the matter. Speaker Om Birla repeatedly told him to speak on the bill, following which Chowdhury returned to speak on the proposed legislation. Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay also raised the issue and proposed that the Lok Sabha hold a discussion on it on Wednesday. In his brief reference to the alleged snooping of a number of people, including politicians, judges, businessmen and journalists, Chowdhury noted investigation being ordered in some countries and targeted the government. "What happened here? We are afraid of ...

Amidst Opposition protests, Lok Sabha passes 3 Bills, 3 others introduced

However, all other bills were introduced and passed amid noisy protests from opposition members

RS returns bill to end all retrospective taxation as Opposition walks out

A bill that aims to end all retrospective taxes imposed on indirect transfer of Indian assets was returned by Rajya Sabha Monday amidst a walkout by the Congress, TMC and DMK.

Parliament passes LLP Amendment Bill to boost start-ups, ease of business

Lok Sabha Monday passed the Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to encourage the start-up ecosystem and further boost the ease of doing business, amid uproar by the Opposition

Opposition stages walkout as Rajya Sabha takes up taxation amendment bill

Rajya Sabha Monday took up The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, with Opposition Congress, DMK and TMC staging a walkout

Opposition members protest introduction, passage of bills amid din in LS

With the government introducing and getting a number of bills passed in Parliament amid a din, Congress leaders alleged in the Lok Sabha on Monday that democracy is being "murdered" in the House. Congress leaders like Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Manish Tewari attacked the government as it introduced three bills in the House and got as many passed as Opposition members continued with their protests over the Pegasus snooping controversy, except when a Constitution amendment bill was tabled. RSP's NK Premachandran noted that three bills were passed in 10 minutes and likened it to "cooking dosas". Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi asserted that the government wants long and constructive debates in Parliament and urged the Opposition members to go back to their seats so that discussions on the bills could begin. "We are ready for day-long discussions. The (Narendra) Modi government is bringing bills for the welfare of the Other Backward Classes and tribals. We will accept your

Oppn makes video of its member on Pegasus, farmers during discussions in RS

Opposition party sources indicated that over the last few weeks, leaders have realised that the disruptions by them in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are not enough.