The senior Congress leader said the money bill route was being used in many cases by the ruling party to get parliamentary nod
Modi said parties, including his BJP, has to learn from the NCP and BJD in this regard
The MP from Andhra Pradesh's Narsapuram constituency said the word "chit" was being pronounced "cheat", which was reducing the importance of such schemes for people with no banking facilities
Usually, the chair in the Upper House reads out obituary references before members rise as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed
Despite all the political turmoil, BJP leaders Harshvardhan Patil and Ashish Shelar met Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, 57, at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, where he underwent angioplasty
Congress leader Gaurav Pandya, who had lost to BJP candidate Jaishankar in RS by-poll had filed petition Gujarat HC saying separate election for RS seats violated Constitutional provisions
According to sources, Digvijaya Singh resigned from the parliamentary standing committee on finance to make way for the former prime minister
Bypolls to the two Rajya Sabha seats which fell vacant following deaths of former Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Ram Jethmalani will be held today
While the Lok Sabha is dissolved either every five years or earlier to elect a new House, the Rajya Sabha is a continuous House
The government is yet to arrive at the estimated cost for the project
He had earlier represented the state of Assam in Rajya Sabha for a long period
Singh was nominated by the Congress while the BJP did not field any candidate for the bypoll
He is set to be declared elected unopposed on the last day of candidature withdrawal on August 19 as the opposition BJP has decided not to nominate a candidate for the bypoll
He was a Rajya Sabha member for five consecutive terms from 1991 to 2019 and the country's prime minister for two consecutive terms from 2004 to 2014
A total of 32 bills were cleared in 35 sittings
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Suresh Prabhu, who is no longer a minister, is set to lose his front bench seat, as will Y S Chowdary
The shocker for the Congress was its chief whip, Bhubaneswar Kalita (pictured), quitting the Rajya Sabha
Union ministers have said Parliament passing over two dozen Bills was evidence of increased productivity of Narendra Modi government 2.0
The Lok Sabha on July 29 had passed the National Medical Commission Bill 2019
With Rajya Sabha now approving it, the practice of instant divorce by Muslim men will be punishable by jail term of up to three years