Lok Sabha Deadlock

Amid ongoing disruptions and deadlock in both Houses of Parliament over Manipur situation, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman, Jagdeep Dhankar said Parliament is a temple, where debate, discussion and dialogue have to take place.

The government said today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in parliament and ready to speak in a debate on the notes ban. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi arrived in parliament this morning and said, "I am here to speak, let's see if the government allows it." But the Lok Sabha was again adjourned till tomorrow, just over an hour after conv...

Bracing for a showdown in Parliament, the BJP and Congress have instructed their members in both Houses to ensure their presence for the remainder of the Winter session which resumes today. The issue of demonetisation has cast a shadow on the winter session of Parliament with the opposition parties protesting the governments move to scrap high-valu...

Congress President Sonia Gandhi today met Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan but there were no signs of any immediate end to the 16-day-long deadlock in Parliament over the demonetisation issue.

The monsoon session of Parliament has just four more days to go, but there's no sign of a breakthrough in the deadlock between the Modi government and the Opposition.

With half of the Monsoon session virtually washed out, the government will make a fresh bid to end the two-week-long deadlock in Parliament with an all-party meeting on Monday.

Some business was conducted in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The house has been witnessing disruptions ever since the Monsoon session began on July 21 as the opposition has been relentlessly and vociferously raising the issue of the Lalit Modi controversy and the Vyapam scandal.

Government will call an all-party meeting on Monday in a bid to break the Parliament logjam as it accused Congress of "hurting" the country by blocking the passage of key reform bills like GST with its relentless protests.

Amid continuing deadlock in BJP's alliance over identification of seats, its main partner DMDK, headed by actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth, released its first list of candidates on Friday for five Lok Saba constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Skirting questions about a reported tie-up with the BJP for the national election, Bihar politician Ram Vilas Paswan today said he was keeping his options open and was "forced to consider the alternative" due to a deadlock with the Congress and Lalu Prasad.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who has been under attack from the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, today reached out to the BJP leader in Parliament and walked with one hand on her shoulder, ostensibly to win support for the passage of crucial Bills.

Amid ongoing disruptions and deadlock in both Houses of Parliament over Manipur situation, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman, Jagdeep Dhankar said Parliament is a temple, where debate, discussion and dialogue have to take place.

The government said today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in parliament and ready to speak in a debate on the notes ban. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi arrived in parliament this morning and said, "I am here to speak, let's see if the government allows it." But the Lok Sabha was again adjourned till tomorrow, just over an hour after conv...

Bracing for a showdown in Parliament, the BJP and Congress have instructed their members in both Houses to ensure their presence for the remainder of the Winter session which resumes today. The issue of demonetisation has cast a shadow on the winter session of Parliament with the opposition parties protesting the governments move to scrap high-valu...

Congress President Sonia Gandhi today met Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan but there were no signs of any immediate end to the 16-day-long deadlock in Parliament over the demonetisation issue.

The monsoon session of Parliament has just four more days to go, but there's no sign of a breakthrough in the deadlock between the Modi government and the Opposition.

With half of the Monsoon session virtually washed out, the government will make a fresh bid to end the two-week-long deadlock in Parliament with an all-party meeting on Monday.

Some business was conducted in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The house has been witnessing disruptions ever since the Monsoon session began on July 21 as the opposition has been relentlessly and vociferously raising the issue of the Lalit Modi controversy and the Vyapam scandal.

Government will call an all-party meeting on Monday in a bid to break the Parliament logjam as it accused Congress of "hurting" the country by blocking the passage of key reform bills like GST with its relentless protests.

Amid continuing deadlock in BJP's alliance over identification of seats, its main partner DMDK, headed by actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth, released its first list of candidates on Friday for five Lok Saba constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Skirting questions about a reported tie-up with the BJP for the national election, Bihar politician Ram Vilas Paswan today said he was keeping his options open and was "forced to consider the alternative" due to a deadlock with the Congress and Lalu Prasad.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who has been under attack from the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, today reached out to the BJP leader in Parliament and walked with one hand on her shoulder, ostensibly to win support for the passage of crucial Bills.