Opposition
- India
SKM to Meet CMs, LoPs on US trade deal; seeks Commerce Minister’s ouster
New Delhi: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday, February 26, announced two nationwide campaigns to press state governments to oppose the proposed India-US trade deal, seek the dismissal of Commerce Minister…
- Top Stories
Explainer: No attempt to remove Lok Sabha Speaker has ever been successful
New Delhi: While several opposition parties have joined hands to move a resolution to remove Om Birla as the Lok Sabha speaker, there have been similar attempts in the past but none…
- India
Opposition submits notice to remove LS Speaker Birla from office
New Delhi: The opposition on Tuesday, February 10, submitted a notice for moving a resolution to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from office for disallowing Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders…
- India
Opposition MPs stage walkout during PM’s reply in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, February 5, raised slogans as Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied to a discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address,…
- India
G RAM G bill: Opposition sits on overnight protest in parliament
New Delhi: Opposition leaders staged a 12-hour overnight protest dharna in Parliament complex on Thursday night, while protesting against the passage of the VB-G RAM G bill that seeks to replace the…
- India
LS passes G RAM G Bill through voice vote amid uproar, adjourned soon after
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday, December 18, passed a controversial bill that seeks to replace the 20-year-old MGNREGA with a new initiative that guarantees rural jobs for 125 days every…
- India
Parliament Winter session: Opposition to take on govt over SIR
New Delhi: The Winter session of Parliament beginning Monday will see the government push its reforms agenda with a legislation to open up the civil nuclear sector to private players, while the…
- India
Delhi pollution soars, Govt orders 15 air purifiers for Secretariat
New Delhi: Days after Delhi celebrated Diwali, sending pollution levels soaring into the toxic range, the state government has ordered the installation of 15 smart air purifiers costing a whopping Rs 5,45,175…
- India
Opposition MPs stopped from marching to EC office against SIR
New Delhi: Opposition MPs, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar, took out a march from Parliament House to the Election Commission headquarters here on Monday to protest against the voter…
- India
Sonia Gandhi, Oppn MPs protest against Bihar voter list revision
New Delhi: Several MPs of the INDIA bloc parties, including Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, staged a protest in the Parliament House complex on Thursday against the Election Commission’s voters list…
- Opinions
Opinion: Priyanka Gandhi is unstoppable
Parliamentary democracy seemed at its peak in recent times, with Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi leading the Opposition charge. A deadly weapon acquisition in the Opposition armoury is Priyanka Gandhi, who recently…
- Hyderabad
Asaduddin Owaisi blames Opposition’s failure for BJP’s continued wins
Hyderabad: The BJP is winning elections consistently because the opposition is a failure (nakaam) and because it has consolidated the Hindu votes, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has said, rejecting suggestions that he…
- India
Oppn parties demand PM Modi visit strife-torn Manipur, restore law and order
New Delhi: Opposition parties on Friday attacked the government over its failure in controlling violence in BJP-ruled Manipur and demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit the strife-torn state at the earliest and…
- India
‘Attempt to violate religious freedom,’ Oppn on Waqf Amendment Bill
Ranchi/New Delhi: Several Opposition leaders on Wednesday, April 2, condemned the Waqf Amendment Bill, terming it an “attempt to violate” the religious freedom granted to Muslims under the Constitution. Union Minority Affairs…
- India
Contentious Waqf Amendment Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday tabeled the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha amid sloganeering from the opposition. An eight-hour discussion on the bill, subject to an…
