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Trinamool's decision to abstain from voting disappointing: Margaret Alva
The Trinamool Congress said on Thursday that its MPs in both the Houses of the Parliament will abstain from voting in the poll to elect the next Vice President of India. The decision was taken on Thursday afternoon at a meeting chaired by party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, which was attended by 33 out of the 35 Trinamool MPs.
Denied discussion on Agnipath, Cong, other Oppn MPs walk out of committee meeting
The opposition MPS wanted to raise the issue of the Agnipath scheme but the chairman did not allow it as the agenda was something different, the sources. KC Venugopal said Uttam Reddy, Danish Ali and I walked out in protest from the meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence for not taking up the controversial Agnipath scheme despite our repeated requests and my earlier letter addressed to the Chairman, requesting a discussion.
Reconstitute MSP panel giving due representation to Punjab, Mann to PM
In a letter marked to the Prime Minister, Home Minister Amit Shah and Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar, Mann said, "It is ironical that the state which has most successfully implemented MSP since the initiation of this scheme has been kept out the committee."
BJP to study cross-voting pattern during Presidential election
Over 100 MLAs cross-voted and more than a dozen opposition MPs voted in favour of Droupadi Murmu, the President-elect. As per the data, the Congress-led opposition got 20 votes despite having 45 votes in the Assam Assembly, in Bihar six MLAs cross-voted in favour of the NDA candidate as the strength of the ruling party is 127 but got 133 votes.
Only Kejriwal can defeat BJP, Cong has no appetite, says Raghav Chadha
The AAP, which is making a foray, beyond its base in Delhi and now Punjab, into Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, is the only party which can stand up to the BJP and its misuse of central agencies against political opponents, says senior leader Raghav Chadha. In an interview with IANS, Raghav Chadha, the party's newly-elected MP from Punjab and one of those who have been around the days of India Against Corruption (IAC), talks about the party's aims in Punjab, expansion plans, and other political issues.
Gujarat: Bajrang Dal workers scrawl 'Haj house' on Cong office walls
Pictures of the incident that took place late on Friday night has going viral on the social media. Reacting to it, Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi called it a handiwork of some three or four people. "By tarnishing our image with such activities, the ruling party wants to divert people's attention from the main issues. BJP forgets that thousands of people have suffered from the flood situation in Gujarat,"
Kapil Sibal to take oath again today in Rajya Sabha
On July 18, the first day of Monsoon Session, BJP Member from Karnataka Jaggesh had to take the oath for a second time as his oath was also not in order. Without naming Jaggesh, Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu had said that while taking the oath, one should read the prescribed form and any deviation will make their oath invalid.
PM calls for intensifying 'Har Ghar Tiranga' movement
Prime Minister Modi also recalled the monumental courage and efforts of those who dreamt of a flag for free India and shared some interesting nuggets from history, including details of the committee associated with our Tricolour and the first Tricolour unfurled by Pandit Nehru.
Festive mood at Droupadi Murmu's residence in Delhi
Folk artistes in traditional attires carying musical instruments from different parts of the country were seen celebrating Murmu's victory since the evening at her residence on Umashankar Dikshit Marg in the national capital.
Opposition in Bengal slams Trinamool's decision to abstain from voting in Vice Presidential poll
The CPI(M) and Congress described the decision as a fallout of a subtle understanding between Trinamool Congress and BJP, whose main aim, they said, is to weaken the anti-BJP space in the country. According to state Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, two decisions of the Trinamool Congress on Thursday have proved its clandestine understanding with the BJP.
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