The suspension of 12 Maharashtra BJP MLAs in 2021 was as unjustified as the suspension of 141 opposition MPs now. The existence of the Speaker's power under the Lok Sabha rules does not guarantee the constitutionality of their exercise.
The Congress MP in the letter pointed at the 'unclear demarcation of roles' of the Privileges Committee and the Ethics Committee, especially in case of exercising penal powers.
Speaker Om Birla said arrangements have been made for zero-touch security checks during the session and random tests for Covid-19 will be conducted during the session.
BJP’s Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur made controversial remarks on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse in Lok Sabha Wednesday. The remarks were expunged by the Speaker.
Advocates Manmohan Singh Narula and Susmita Kumari had filed a plea seeking an urgent hearing on the grounds that the Lok Sabha Speaker was not performing the statutory duty.
CAG reports are still coming but the old bites and stings have gone missing. The CAG is still unsparing in some cases but the BJP may not mind it at all.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
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.
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