The conduct of both Speakers in Parliament last week is a vestige of the past decade. The Opposition’s pushback is evidence that politics ended on 4 June 2024.
Mallikarjun Kharge requested Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to allow him to intervene during PM Modi’s speech, but was not allowed. Hence, the Opposition walked out.
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.
Speculation about his fate had been rife, especially given that the Rajya Sabha numbers have become a little more evenly stacked ever since Nitish Kumar's exit from the NDA.
M. Venkaiah Naidu Wednesday also asked the chairpersons of the committees to target a minimum of 2.5 hours in each meeting given the efforts and costs in holding such meetings
In a letter to Venkaiah Naidu, the parties cited the "hurried" passage of bills and sought his intervention to ensure that the voice of the Opposition is not smothered.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
You should see Tamilnadu assembly speaker. He answers Minister ‘s questions, shuts up opposition MLAs, doesn’t give time for discussion. Switches off live proceedings of opposition MPs, glory basking of Thiru MK Stalin. In comparison, shri Om Birla and shri Jagdeep Dhankar are 1000 times better. No articles on TN speaker cos TN is ignored from any National news
You should see Tamilnadu assembly speaker. He answers Minister ‘s questions, shuts up opposition MLAs, doesn’t give time for discussion. Switches off live proceedings of opposition MPs, glory basking of Thiru MK Stalin. In comparison, shri Om Birla and shri Jagdeep Dhankar are 1000 times better. No articles on TN speaker cos TN is ignored from any National news
Whether calm sagacity, statesmanship would be better.