Rajya Sabha

Political observers feel that the choice of Maharaj for the post is a well-calculated move keeping in mind the Rajbanshi vote bank in tribal-dominated pockets in north Bengal, where people from the community form a decisive section of voters especially in the tea-belts of Terai and Dooars regions. The people from the community also constitute a substantial section of the voters in Indo-Bangladesh bordering Cooch Behar district.

The polls are scheduled for July 24. BJP Lok Sabha member and the Union minister of state for home affairs, Nisith Pramanik met Ananta Maharaj at his residence on Tuesday, and finalised his nomination for the Upper House.

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Once this is done, you will be introduced to a new look website of both the Houses. What's more, even if one clicks at either of the URLs, there is a link given of websites of both Houses, so there's now no need to enter separate URLs to access websites of both the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament, as was the case earlier.

Antony, who returned to the state capital soon after his Rajya Sabha tenure ended last year, was addressing a press conference the state party headquarters here. Earlier, in the day, Anil Antony joined the BJP in Delhi, saying: "Many of the Congress leaders believe that their duty is to work for a particular family but I believe that my duty is to work for the people.

The Bill was "considered and returned" from the Rajya Sabha. The Bill was earlier passed by the Lok Sabha last week amid the opposition sloganeering. The Bill aims to authorise the payment and appropriation of certain sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India. Both the Bills were returned to the Lok Sabha without discussion and the House was adjourned for the day.

They were, however, stopped at Vijay Chowk by Delhi Police. Mallikarjun Kharge LoP in the Rajya Sabha said, "This fight is to save democracy and whoever speaks against the government is being intimidated." Kharge while defending Rahul Gandhi said that he was not being allowed to speak in Parliament. Responding to the.

Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar rejected the suspension of business notice given by the members of the opposition on the demand of JPC in the Adani issue. Following this, the Leader of the opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said that impasse could end on the constitution of the JPC. Leader of the House, Piyush Goyal said that Rahul Gandhi should apologise on his London statement.

Parliament has not worked since it resumed for the second part of the budget session. The BJP has been demanding an apology from Rahul Gandhi over his UK statement, and the opposition is pressing for a JPC in the Adani Group issue. On Thursday too, the opposition MPs moved suspension of business notice in the Upper House demanding the JPC in Hindenburg report.

Besides the Congress, DMK, NCP, SP, RJD, BRS, CPI(M), CPI, SS (Uddhav), JD(U), JMM, MDMK, AAP, VCK, and IUML attended the meeting. The opposition has decided to press for the demand of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) in the Adani row. The Opposition MPs from both Houses have given adjournment notices on the demand.