Parliament
6 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Parliament”, published between December 2018 and December 2019. They are filed mainly under news, Congress, BJP. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Nine MPs flagged Assam concerns in dissent notes to JPC on Citizenship Bill
Nine MPs from five parties who sat on the Citizenship Amendment Bill’s Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), a panel of 30 members, had warned in dissent notes of the Bill’s harmful consequences for Assam. Dissent notes Bhartruhari Mahtab, a senior BJD leader whose party backed the Bill in Parliament, wrote in a note attached to the committee’s report that the Bill conflicted with the principal Act and with the spirit of the Assam Accord. He warned: “In an already densely populated state, this will open floodgates.” Law ministry divided The departmentRead More
Sonia Gandhi calls Citizenship Bill’s passage a ‘victory of bigoted forces’
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday condemned Parliament’s approval of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, calling it a dark day in India’s constitutional history and a triumph of narrow-minded and bigoted forces over the country’s pluralism. The vote The Rajya Sabha passed the Bill with 125 votes in favour and 105 against. The Lok Sabha had approved it on Monday by 311 votes to 80. Gandhi’s criticism In a statement released immediately after the vote, Gandhi said the Bill did not merely offend the principles of equality and religious non-discrimination writtenRead More
Congress, DMK Walk Out of Lok Sabha Over Withdrawal of Gandhis’ SPG Cover
The Lok Sabha saw protests and a walkout on Tuesday, initially from Congress and DMK members angered by the Centre’s withdrawal of Special Protection Group (SPG) security for the Gandhi family, and later by several Opposition parties over police action against protesting Jawaharlal Nehru University students in Delhi. The SPG protest Congress and DMK members moved into the Well when Speaker Om Birla refused their adjournment motion on the SPG issue. When the Chair later let the matter be raised briefly before Zero Hour, Congress floor leader Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryRead More
PM Modi says opposition alliance will fail, cites data to rebut jobs charge
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Lok Sabha that the opposition alliance would fail in the 2019 election, saying people did not want a “mahamilavat” (adulterated) coalition such as the one on display at the opposition rally in Kolkata. He was speaking in reply to the Lok Sabha debate on the President’s Address. Answer on jobs Countering the opposition’s charge of rising unemployment, Modi said: more than 630,000 new professionals had filed tax returns in recent years and were now creating jobs for others; much of the job growth hadRead More
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm as TMC protests over CBI in Bengal
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned until 2 pm on Monday after Trinamool Congress (TMC) members shouted slogans over what they alleged was the Centre’s misuse of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). What happened in the House Opposition members rose as soon as ministers had laid the listed papers on the table. Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said he had received several notices on the CBI issue, including one from the TMC’s Derek O’Brien, but had admitted none of them. He told members they would be able to take up theRead More
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