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Thursday, October 30, 2025
TopicAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Topic: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

‘Total eyewash’ — Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury declines to be part of ‘One Nation, One Election’ panel

Chowdhury also decried the exclusion of current Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge from the committee, calling it a 'deliberate insult' to parliamentary democracy.

Lok Sabha Speaker revokes Adhir’s suspension after privileges panel’s ‘unanimous’ recommendation

Congress MP told privileges panel he didn't intend to 'insult or hurt' anyone, it is learnt. Motion that led to his suspension was moved after PM’s response to Oppn’s no-confidence motion.

‘Nirav Modi is in India’ — Congress’ Adhir likens PM to fugitive businessman in Lok Sabha

In speech on no-confidence motion, Adhir Ranjan Choudhury says Opposition was forced to resort to parliamentary tools to drag PM to the House, calls Modi 'blind king' & 'tyrant'.

‘Rahul Gandhi should be reinstated immediately’, Adhir Chowdhury urges Lok Sabha Speaker

Congress leader said he had called the Speaker and later sent the documents to the Speaker’s office since the Secretary General’s office was closed due to a holiday.

Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury apologises to President Murmu for his ‘rashtrapatni’ remark

In a letter to the President, Chowdhury said that he mistakenly used an incorrect word for her and it was a slip of tongue.

‘TMC stooge’: Congress lawyers heckle Chidambaram as he appears for defendant in Adhir’s PIL

Case was filed by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury against TMC govt's stake sale in Metro Dairy to Keventer Agro Ltd. Chidambaram appeared as counsel for Keventer.

Home Minister Amit Shah misled LS on killings in Nagaland, says Congress’ Adhir Chowdhury

Chowdhury said the home minister stated that people shot dead in Nagaland had tried to flee after being signalled to stop but people in the hospital claim they were shot directly.

It’s Congress vs Congress again, Manish Tewari clarifies after Adhir criticises unreleased book

Tewari tweeted an excerpt from the book this week, saying UPA govt should have taken sterner action after 26/11. This stoked a row, with BJP leaders using it to criticise Congress.

Mamata Banerjee BJP’s Trojan horse, must be kept out of opposition platform: Adhir Chowdhury

The Congress leader also said the West Bengal CM has always tried to "bite the hand that fed her" & is trying to please PM Modi & BJP to protect her family & party from CBI and ED.

On Camera

Here’s how Khilji, Akbar, and Hindu rulers dealt with Halal

In Medieval India, the late Prof Satish Chandra demonstrates how Muslim rulers in India quickly grasped that pristine notions of Halal and haram did not hold up to the realities of statecraft.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.