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The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha with 454 votes in favour and two votes opposing it New Delhi: After a day of heated debates that saw leaders from the BJP and Opposition parties face off, the Women’s Reservation Bill was finally passed by the Lok Sabha with overwhelming majority. The opposition demanded the…
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The bill received 454 votes in favour and only two votes against it. New Delhi: The Women’s Reservation Bill, passed in the Lok Sabha yesterday, is set for another litmus test today in the Rajya Sabha on Day 4 of the special session of Parliament. Here are 10 points on this big story: The Lok…
New Delhi: Striking an emotive note, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday remembered her “life partner” Rajiv Gandhi while speaking on the women’s reservation bill and said his dream would be fulfilled with the passage of this legislation. Extending her party’s support to the women’s reservation bill, the Congress parliamentary party chief demanded that…
Nishikant Dubey, BJP MP from Godda, opened the debate for the ruling party New Delhi: Amid a heated debate in Lok Sabha today on the Women’s Reservation Bill, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey alleged that Congress leader Sonia Gandhi had “tried to grab the collar” of a Samajwadi Party member during chaos in the House during…
The Union Cabinet on Monday approved the Women Reservation Bill. (File) New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be the lead speaker from her party for the debate when the Lok Sabha will take up the Women’s Reservation Bill for the discussion today. The Women’s Reservation Bill that seeks to provide a 33…
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Hyderabad: The Congress has announced six guarantees if it comes to power in Telangana in what now is becoming an increasingly familiar strategy. Buoyed by its massive victory in next-door Karnataka earlier this year, the Congress has announced provisions for all — women, farmers, youth, statehood activists the elderly population and the homeless. “I, along…
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New Delhi: Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi used the first meeting of the reconstituted top decision-making body of the party to send out a strong signal of unity to the 28-member opposition INDIA alliance on Saturday. Mrs Gandhi told the members of the Congress Working Committee that the party has to fight unitedly with INDIA…
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Ravi Shankar Prasad also sought to explain Sanatan Dharma by quoting the Rig Veda. New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today questioned why was Congress leader Sonia Gandhi “silent” on the controversy surrounding remarks on ‘Sanatan Dharma’. Calling her alleged silence “an indication of approval” to what is being said by some Opposition…
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YS Sharmila vigorously campaigned for her sibling Jagan Mohan Reddy during the 2019 Assembly polls. Hyderabad: Amid speculation that she would merge her party YSRTP with the Congress, Y S Sharmila, the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Thursday met top AICC leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in…
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Sonia Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hogging the limelight after the success of Chandrayaan-3. In a letter to the ISRO Chairman, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi said she was writing to him to let him know how thrilled she was by the ISRO’s magnificent…