Congress Mps Suspended

As three new criminal laws came into force today, main Opposition Congress said these laws were "forcibly" passed by suspending 146 MPs from Parliament proceedings. The party also said 90 per cent of these laws are a "cut, copy and paste job".

Former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Danish Ali, who joined the Congress last week, has been fielded from Uttar Pradesh's Amroha. Mr Ali, the sitting MP from Amroha, was suspended from the BSP for "anti-party activities".

Suspended BSP leader and Lok Sabha MP Danish Ali joined the Congress today in the presence of senior party leaders.

Continuing to strengthen its ranks weeks before the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP has inducted Preneet Kaur, suspended Congress MP and wife of former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, into the party.

The Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha will meet next week to examine the issue of suspension of three Congress members from the House during the Winter Session for unruly behaviour.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday invited Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to his residence on December 25 for an interaction on the issue of disruptions in Parliament and the suspension of opposition MPs.

As the row over a Trinamool Congress MP mimicking Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Rahul Gandhi recording it continued to spiral, the Congress leader has said he had simply shot a video of the suspended MPs sitting in the Parliament complex.

The Congress today said the "entire Modi ecosystem" is now being galvanised on the "so-called mimicry non-issue" while it remains silent on how a BJP MP "facilitated entry of two intruders" into the Lok Sabha and on the suspension of over 140 MPs.

Jagdeep Dhankhar Mimicry: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said she was dismayed at the manner in which Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was "humiliated" in Parliament complex.

An advocate has filed a complaint against Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee for his mimicry of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on the premises of the Parliament complex.

In a scathing response to the suspension of 141 Opposition MPs, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said "democracy has been strangulated by this government" for raising a "perfectly reasonable and legitimate demand".

After the suspension of 141 MPs--95 from Lok Sabha and 46 from Rajya Sabha--the Lok Sabha Secretariat issued a circular for the suspended MPs, barring them from entering the Parliament chamber, lobby and galleries.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today charged that the Prime Minister and the BJP want to establish a "single party rule" in the country and the suspension of MPs from Parliament is for that.

Trinamool Congress' suspended MP Kalyan Banerjee was seen mimicking Lok Sabha speaker Jagdeep Dhankhar today during a protest by the opposition parties.

Minutes before he was suspended along with 48 other Opposition MPs, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor posted on X that he entered the Well of Lok Sabha with a placard for the first time in his 15-year parliamentary career

As three new criminal laws came into force today, main Opposition Congress said these laws were "forcibly" passed by suspending 146 MPs from Parliament proceedings. The party also said 90 per cent of these laws are a "cut, copy and paste job".

Former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Danish Ali, who joined the Congress last week, has been fielded from Uttar Pradesh's Amroha. Mr Ali, the sitting MP from Amroha, was suspended from the BSP for "anti-party activities".

Suspended BSP leader and Lok Sabha MP Danish Ali joined the Congress today in the presence of senior party leaders.

Continuing to strengthen its ranks weeks before the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP has inducted Preneet Kaur, suspended Congress MP and wife of former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, into the party.

The Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha will meet next week to examine the issue of suspension of three Congress members from the House during the Winter Session for unruly behaviour.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday invited Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge to his residence on December 25 for an interaction on the issue of disruptions in Parliament and the suspension of opposition MPs.

As the row over a Trinamool Congress MP mimicking Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Rahul Gandhi recording it continued to spiral, the Congress leader has said he had simply shot a video of the suspended MPs sitting in the Parliament complex.

The Congress today said the "entire Modi ecosystem" is now being galvanised on the "so-called mimicry non-issue" while it remains silent on how a BJP MP "facilitated entry of two intruders" into the Lok Sabha and on the suspension of over 140 MPs.

Jagdeep Dhankhar Mimicry: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said she was dismayed at the manner in which Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was "humiliated" in Parliament complex.

An advocate has filed a complaint against Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee for his mimicry of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on the premises of the Parliament complex.

In a scathing response to the suspension of 141 Opposition MPs, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said "democracy has been strangulated by this government" for raising a "perfectly reasonable and legitimate demand".

After the suspension of 141 MPs--95 from Lok Sabha and 46 from Rajya Sabha--the Lok Sabha Secretariat issued a circular for the suspended MPs, barring them from entering the Parliament chamber, lobby and galleries.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today charged that the Prime Minister and the BJP want to establish a "single party rule" in the country and the suspension of MPs from Parliament is for that.

Trinamool Congress' suspended MP Kalyan Banerjee was seen mimicking Lok Sabha speaker Jagdeep Dhankhar today during a protest by the opposition parties.

Minutes before he was suspended along with 48 other Opposition MPs, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor posted on X that he entered the Well of Lok Sabha with a placard for the first time in his 15-year parliamentary career