Opposition Walk Out In Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar lashed out Tuesday as opposition MPs - who joined their Lok Sabha colleagues in staging a vociferous protest against the ruling BJP - walked out of the House during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech.

The centre's bill on control of services in Delhi has been passed in the Lok Sabha. The opposition MPs walked out of the house just after the Lok Sabha cleared the bill, after a day of heavy exchange of arguments and counterpoints.

Congress Lok Sabha MPs, led by party leader Sonia Gandhi, and Trinamool Congress lawmakers on Wednesday walked out of the House, accusing the government of not allowing a discussion on the sensitive India-China border issue.

Opposition members, including those from the Congress and Trinamool Congress, on Thursday walked out from the Lok Sabha to protest against the continuous hike in fuel prices.

In a sharp dig at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said its Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha units move in opposite directions, and asserted that such a "divided" and "confused" party can neither do any good for itself nor can it think of any solutions for the country's problems.

The opposition has boycotted parliament, walking out of the Lok Sabha hours after a similar move in the Rajya Sabha, in protest over the farm bills and till three key demands, as well as a "request" to revoke the suspension of eight members, are met. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad made the declaration today in the Upper House amid high drama for ...

Two days after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented budget in Lok Sabha, uproar is likely in parliament over Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register amid nationwide protests.

The bill to split Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories sailed through Lok Sabha on Tuesday, with some opposition parties walking out, bringing down the majority mark, and others siding with the government. Amid a political storm that started on Monday morning since Union Home Minister Amit Shah's announcement in parliament, the resolution w...

Opposition parties today raised in Lok Sabha the issue of the accident case of the Unnao rape survivor and walked out of the House demanding a reply from the government on the matter.

The contentious bill to ban 'Triple Talaq', which failed the Rajya Sabha test last time, sailed through the upper house today aided by a series of walkouts and abstentions. The bill, which sought to end the practice of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "talaq" thrice, saw stiff opposition when it was presented in the Lok Sabha.

The government can designate individuals suspected to have terror links as "terrorists" if controversial changes to a counter-terrorism law are cleared in parliament. Amendments to the Unlawful Activities Prevention (Amendment) Bill were passed in the Lok Sabha today with 287 votes in its favour and eight against it after the opposition walked out ...

Amid chaos in parliament on Tuesday over US President Donald Trump's stunning claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to "mediate" on Kashmir, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said he was "categorically assuring the house" that no such request had been made by PM Modi to the American president.

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) members walked out of the Lok Sabha on Friday as the House began a debate on a no-confidence motion moved by the opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

Another day of the winter session was lost to disruptions on Wednesday, with opposition lawmakers continuing to demand an explanation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the currency ban and also raising the terror attack in Nagrota, Jammu and Kashmir, in which seven armymen were killed yesterday. PM Modi was present in the Lok Sabha and the governm...

The Congress is so unnerved by allegations of corruption that it has launched a "Sonia Bacahao Abhiyan (Mission Save Sonia)", union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today, suggesting that the opposition party's moves betray a panic about its chief, Sonia Gandhi, being indicted in the AgustaWestland scam.

Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar lashed out Tuesday as opposition MPs - who joined their Lok Sabha colleagues in staging a vociferous protest against the ruling BJP - walked out of the House during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech.

The centre's bill on control of services in Delhi has been passed in the Lok Sabha. The opposition MPs walked out of the house just after the Lok Sabha cleared the bill, after a day of heavy exchange of arguments and counterpoints.

Congress Lok Sabha MPs, led by party leader Sonia Gandhi, and Trinamool Congress lawmakers on Wednesday walked out of the House, accusing the government of not allowing a discussion on the sensitive India-China border issue.

Opposition members, including those from the Congress and Trinamool Congress, on Thursday walked out from the Lok Sabha to protest against the continuous hike in fuel prices.

In a sharp dig at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said its Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha units move in opposite directions, and asserted that such a "divided" and "confused" party can neither do any good for itself nor can it think of any solutions for the country's problems.

The opposition has boycotted parliament, walking out of the Lok Sabha hours after a similar move in the Rajya Sabha, in protest over the farm bills and till three key demands, as well as a "request" to revoke the suspension of eight members, are met. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad made the declaration today in the Upper House amid high drama for ...

Two days after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented budget in Lok Sabha, uproar is likely in parliament over Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register amid nationwide protests.

The bill to split Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories sailed through Lok Sabha on Tuesday, with some opposition parties walking out, bringing down the majority mark, and others siding with the government. Amid a political storm that started on Monday morning since Union Home Minister Amit Shah's announcement in parliament, the resolution w...

Opposition parties today raised in Lok Sabha the issue of the accident case of the Unnao rape survivor and walked out of the House demanding a reply from the government on the matter.

The contentious bill to ban 'Triple Talaq', which failed the Rajya Sabha test last time, sailed through the upper house today aided by a series of walkouts and abstentions. The bill, which sought to end the practice of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "talaq" thrice, saw stiff opposition when it was presented in the Lok Sabha.

The government can designate individuals suspected to have terror links as "terrorists" if controversial changes to a counter-terrorism law are cleared in parliament. Amendments to the Unlawful Activities Prevention (Amendment) Bill were passed in the Lok Sabha today with 287 votes in its favour and eight against it after the opposition walked out ...

Amid chaos in parliament on Tuesday over US President Donald Trump's stunning claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to "mediate" on Kashmir, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said he was "categorically assuring the house" that no such request had been made by PM Modi to the American president.

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) members walked out of the Lok Sabha on Friday as the House began a debate on a no-confidence motion moved by the opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

Another day of the winter session was lost to disruptions on Wednesday, with opposition lawmakers continuing to demand an explanation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the currency ban and also raising the terror attack in Nagrota, Jammu and Kashmir, in which seven armymen were killed yesterday. PM Modi was present in the Lok Sabha and the governm...

The Congress is so unnerved by allegations of corruption that it has launched a "Sonia Bacahao Abhiyan (Mission Save Sonia)", union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today, suggesting that the opposition party's moves betray a panic about its chief, Sonia Gandhi, being indicted in the AgustaWestland scam.