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NEW DELHI: A day after Prime Minister Modi said that Southern states wouldn't lose seats in the upcoming delimitation exercise, Congress whip in Lok Sabha and Tamil Nadu MP Manickam Tagore warned that the move could skew political representation and sideline key democratic processes. The Centre's apparent shift towards advancing delimitation could be a strategic move to sidestep demands for OBC representation in the women's quota based on data from the proposed 2027 caste census, said Tagore. ...Read More >
Ratna Debnath on the Panihati campaign trail. Shortly after 8am, Ratna Debnath greets BJP workers as she enters the party office in Bengal's Panihati, and readies for another day of door-to-door campaigning before the April election. To the rest of India, however, she is the mother of 'Abhaya', the 31-year-old junior doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August 2024. Look at Ratna and it seem as if she still hasn't stopped crying. But she has a ...Read More >
PANIHATI: Twenty months after the rape and murder of a young doctor inside Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital triggered nationwide outrage, the politics of that crime has caught up with Bengal's election battlefield. In Panihati, a constituency that for nearly six decades changed hands only between the Left and the Congress and later TMC, the April 29 contest is no longer just another election. In this north Kolkata suburb, now regarded as a safe TMC seat, voters are being ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has declared the removal of Punjab Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha from the post of deputy leader as a routine disciplinary action, while firmly pushing back against his claims. The party has directly questioned why he has consistently avoided speaking out against the BJP and the Modi Government on issues concerning the country and the party, raising serious concerns over his prolonged silence. It asserted that Raghav Chadha had repeatedly acted against the part ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress indicated on Friday that it might back amendments to the women's reservation bill even as it said holding a sitting of Parliament before the end of the current assembly election cycle would clearly violate the model code of conduct. Asserting that the government's push for a rushed delimitation exercise would have "dangerous consequences", Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said that the party did not want any disturbance in the present ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) A day after the AAP removed him as its deputy leader in Rajya Sabha, MP Raghav Chadha Friday said he has been "silenced, not defeated", prompting the party to launch an all-out attack, accusing him of shying away from raising his voice against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre in Parliament and instead engaging in "soft PR". As he appeared to be falling out of favour with the party's leadership, Chadha vowed to hit back like a devastating 'sailab' (flood) at an ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 3 (UNI) The Disciplinary Action Committee (DPC) of the Haryana Congress met on Friday to discuss allegations of cross-voting during the recent Rajya Sabha elections found two MLAs guilty of cross-voting. The disciplinary committee chairman, Dharampal Singh Malik, indicated that Punhana MLA Mohammad Ilyas and Hathin MLA Mohammad Israil have been deemed guilty of cross-voting as they failed to respond to the show-cause notices issued to them. Malik noted that their silence confi ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker Raghav Chadha, once seen as key member of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor Arvind Kejriwal's inner circle, has come under fire from top-rung party leaders and also from Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi as they labelled him as a "coward and frightened" politician, who "compromised" his values for political gains. The heated political exchange and barb-trading began on Friday, after Raghav Chadha shar ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 3 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday slammed AAP MP Raghav Chadha and said he believes he is "compromised", pointing out that he has gone against the party whip. Mann said that if Chadha is unwilling to speak on issues like the "deletion" of votes in West Bengal, stage a walkout from Parliament on important issues or raise a voice against the arrest of several AAP volunteers and leaders in Gujarat, then it is breaking the party line and going against the party w ...Read More >
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA and Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Atishi on Friday made bold claims regarding AAP leader Raghav Chadha, stating that he may join the BJP soon. "Our country is going through a crisis today. Democracy and the Constitution are being attacked. Vote theft is being done in West Bengal elections... The entire opposition is speaking against it. The TMC brings an impeachment motion, but Raghav Chadha refuses to sign it... He refuses to walk out of t ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 3 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday slammed AAP MP Raghav Chadha and said he believes he is "compromised", pointing out that he has gone against the party whip. Mann said that if Chadha is unwilling to speak on issues like the "deletion" of votes in West Bengal, stage a walkout from Parliament on important issues or raise a voice against the arrest of several AAP volunteers and leaders in Gujarat, then it is breaking the party line and going against the party w ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The fault lines within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have burst into the open, with senior leaders publicly taking aim at Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha in an unusually sharp and direct escalation a day after the party removed him from the deputy leader's post in the Rajya Sabha.The flashpoint came after Chadha questioned his removal, triggering pointed rebuttals from leaders like Saurabh Bhardwaj, former CM Atishi, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and MP Sanjay Singh.Former Delhi chief minister Ati ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday defended the removal of Raghav Chadha as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha, calling it part of routine party functioning and warning that those who deviate from the party line would face action."This is regular party functioning. It is his call on what statement he wants to make." Mann said.He added, "Those who break party lines should be subjected to action.""In Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha, the opposition takes man ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Opposition members in the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday strongly protested alleged "insult" to son of the soil and former chief minister Biju Patnaik by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and demanded passage of a censure motion against the lawmaker. As soon as the House assembled for the Question Hour at 10.30 am, members of BJD, Congress and CPI(M) trooped into the Well of the House and raised slogans against the State's BJP government over its silence on Dubey's statement against Biju Patna ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Mar 31 (UNI) The Odisha Assembly witnessed uproar on Tuesday following controversial remarks by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey against legendary leader Biju Patnaik. The Opposition strongly objected, demanding that Speaker Surama Padhy take up and pass a censure motion against the MP. The disruption began as soon as the House assembled for Question Hour. Members of the BJD, Congress, and CPI(M) rushed to the well of the House, raising slogans and creating a ruckus. Despite the chaos, the ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Mar 31 (PTI) Opposition members in the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday strongly protested alleged "insult" to son of the soil and former chief minister Biju Patnaik by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and demanded passage of a censure motion against the lawmaker. As soon as the House assembled for the Question Hour at 10.30 am, members of BJD, Congress and CPI(M) trooped into the Well of the House and raised slogans against the state's BJP government over its silence on Dubey's statement against ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Opposition Congress in Odisha, on Thursday, issued a strict three-line whip to its party MLAs, directing them to remain in Bhubaneswar and ensure their presence during the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. In an official notice released by Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Chief Whip, C.S. Raazen Ekka, legislators have been instructed not to leave headquarters and to stay in the state capital from March 13 to 16. Voting for the Rajya Sabha elections is s ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday criticised the Centre's move to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), saying she did not understand the government's obsession with changing the name of the flagship rural employment scheme. Reacting to the proposal to rename MGNREGA as the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen) (VB G RAM G), Priyanka Gandhi said the move involved unnecessary expenditure and risked d ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: With three-fold hike in the salary and allowances of Odisha MLAs triggering a political row and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik announcing that he would forgo the enhanced benefits, all eyes are now on Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, whose assent is required for the Bills passed by the State Assembly. On the last day of the winter session on December 9, the Assembly passed four bills unanimously, though the lone CPI(M) member remained absent from the House. The Left party has o ...Read More >
New Delhi: Setting the stage for a political face-off during the ongoing winter session of Parliament, the Centre has introduced a Bill that will replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA). The new Bill is called The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Grameen), shortened as VB G RAM G. A whip has been issued, and BJP MPs have been asked to attend Parliament to ensure the passage of the Bill. According to the government, the new Bill pres ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Dec 15 (PTI) With a three-fold hike in the salary and allowances of Odisha MLAs triggering a political row, and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik announcing that he would forgo the enhanced benefits, all eyes are now on Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, whose assent is required for the Bills passed by the assembly. On the last day of the winter session on December 9, the Assembly passed four bills unanimously, though the lone CPI(M) member remained absent from the House. The Left ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Dec 15 (PTI) With a threefold hike in the salary and allowances of Odisha MLAs triggering a political row and leader of opposition Naveen Patnaik announcing that he would forgo the enhanced benefits, all eyes are now on Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, whose assent is required for the Bills passed by the state Assembly. On the last day of the winter session on December 9, the Assembly passed four bills unanimously, though the lone CPI(M) member remained absent from the House. The L ...Read More >
Kolkata: Calling it a "historic victory for the people of Bengal", Trinamool on Monday hailed the Supreme Court's dismissal of a petition by the Centre challenging the Calcutta High Court's order to resume MGNREGA in the state after over three years. TMC said the SC order on the 100-day rural employment guarantee scheme was a "democratic slap on the face of those who believed Bengal could be bullied, coerced or silenced".TMC national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee pos ...Read More >
The Awami Ittehad Party MLA Sheikh Khursheed announced support for the National Conference in the Rajya Sabha elections. This move aims to prevent the BJP from securing a seat. Khursheed stated his party has significant political differences with the National Conference. However, the current situation compels them to vote against the BJP. The National Conference received a shot in the arm on the day of Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, as the lone Awami Ittehad Party MLA, Sh ...Read More >
Srinagar: The results of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajya Sabha polls came as expected, with the ruling National Conference securing three seats on Friday and the BJP clinching the final one, largely due to a possible strategic cross-voting by a few Independents and the People's Conference's abstention. Polling for the four Rajya Sabha seats was held on Friday, and the entire process was divided into three notifications. Chowdhry Mohammed Ramzan of the NC had a direct contest with Ali Mohammed Mir of ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 24 (PTI) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah held last-minute discussions for Friday's Rajya Sabha polls with his party leaders, the strategy mostly focussing on securing the all-important votes from independent MLAs. To keep them going, they had a regular supply of 'pakoras' and 'chai', he said. National Conference (NC) and alliance members visited the chief minister's office in the assembly complex here as NC leaders worked out the arithmetic for the polls in four Upper House seats in ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 23: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Thursday announced its open support to the National Conference (NC) in the Rajya Sabha elections, offering six votes while deferring the rest for "eventual wisdom". Addressing a press conference here, JKPCC chief Tariq Hammed Karra said, "Following the Congress party's decision regarding tomorrow's voting for four Rajya Sabha seats, the party held two rounds of deliberations, one on Wednesday and one on Thursday. We were ...Read More >
Srinagar: As Jammu and Kashmir gears up for its Rajya Sabha elections on Friday -- the first since the 2019 bifurcation of the erstwhile state into Union Territories -- the political landscape has been marked by calculated alliances, lingering rifts, and high-stakes negotiations. These long-overdue biennial polls, announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in September, aim to fill four vacant seats in the Upper House that have remained unoccupied since February 2021 following the reti ...Read More >
Berhampur/Bhubaneswar (Odisha) | Odisha Police on Wednesday arrested 12 people, including former Berhampur MLA and BJD's Ganjam district president Bikram Panda, for the murder of BJP leader and advocate Pitabas Panda, officials said. The BJD criticised the arrests of Bikram Panda and two other party leaders, calling them "politically motivated". Berhampur Superintendent of Police Saravana Vivek M told reporters that the murder was the result of "political rivalry, personal enmity and financial ...Read More >
Ahead of Diwali, the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat have announced bonuses for their state employees. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved a bonus for 14.82 lakh employees, while Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel also declared ad hoc bonuses for government staff in their respective states. The Uttar Pradesh government will spend ₹1,022 crore to give bonuses to 14.82 lakh state employees before Diwali. Acc ...Read More >
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