Opposition says govt trying to strangulate democracy by suspending Question Hour. Rajnath Singh says Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had given consent to it earlier.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi says Congress leaders in both Houses were ‘on board’ with suspending Question Hour, protested as an afterthought.
Govt has scrapped Question Hour from monsoon session of Parliament beginning from 14 Sept. TMC leader Derek O’Brien says they will take it up with the Speaker.
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.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla chaired a meeting Friday on arrangements for the upcoming monsoon session and said comprehensive arrangements have been made.
This is the first time in the history of Indian Parliament that members of the Upper House will be seated in both chambers and galleries during the session.
In my view as the finance secretary during UPA II govt, the least RBI could have done was not to further depress the sentiment with doomsday prophecies.
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.
Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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