Rajya Sabha Congress Mps

The Bombay High Court, in an interim order on Wednesday, directed that Congress Rajya Sabha member Chandrakant Handore's son Ganesh, arrested in a hit-and-run case in which a person was injured, be released from jail immediately.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi retains membership of Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence, while actor-politician and first-time parliamentarian Kangana Ranaut of the BJP is assigned to the committee on Information Technology, the Rajya Sabha said.

In a setback to BJP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Chavan, his brother-in-law and former MP Bhaskarrao Patil Khatgaonkar on Friday returned to the Congress fold after quitting the saffron party in Maharashtra ahead of the assembly polls.

BJP's Rajya Sabha member Anil Bonde has said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's tongue should be burnt as what he said about reservation was "dangerous".

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Maken on Wednesday approached a police station in the national capital to lodged a complaint against BJP leaders over threats to Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.

Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar on Monday opened up on why he quit the party and laid out five reasons for his resignation.

This is the second part of a two-part column: 12 new MPs in the Opposition to watch out for. In the first part, Derek O'Brien wrote about six of the 446 new MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

In a big setback to the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP, two Rajya Sabha MPs have resigned from the party and their membership in the Upper House. Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar has accepted their resignation

Senior Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has said he will join the midnight protest over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Opposition parties - led by Congress stalwart Sonia Gandhi - walked out of the Rajya Sabha, yet again, on Friday afternoon in support of Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan to protest a recurrence of the 'Jaya Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan' row.

An emotional Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge today urged the Chair to expunge certain remarks made by BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari in the House regarding his political journey.

Congress MP P Chidambaram posed five questions to the government Wednesday in a speech in the Rajya Sabha, a day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman read out the Union Budget.

The BJP - hit by a blistering broadside Monday from Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, in his first speech as Leader of the Opposition - deployed union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Kiren Rijiju, and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi to counter.

The Delhi High Court today directed Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Saket Gokhale, to pay Rs 50 lakh in damages in a defamation case filed by former diplomat Lakshmi Puri.

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi addressed the people of Delhi in a video message today - two days before the national capital goes to polls on May 25, stressing that "every vote will create employment, reduce inflation, and empower women".

The Bombay High Court, in an interim order on Wednesday, directed that Congress Rajya Sabha member Chandrakant Handore's son Ganesh, arrested in a hit-and-run case in which a person was injured, be released from jail immediately.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi retains membership of Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence, while actor-politician and first-time parliamentarian Kangana Ranaut of the BJP is assigned to the committee on Information Technology, the Rajya Sabha said.

In a setback to BJP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Chavan, his brother-in-law and former MP Bhaskarrao Patil Khatgaonkar on Friday returned to the Congress fold after quitting the saffron party in Maharashtra ahead of the assembly polls.

BJP's Rajya Sabha member Anil Bonde has said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's tongue should be burnt as what he said about reservation was "dangerous".

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Maken on Wednesday approached a police station in the national capital to lodged a complaint against BJP leaders over threats to Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.

Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar on Monday opened up on why he quit the party and laid out five reasons for his resignation.

This is the second part of a two-part column: 12 new MPs in the Opposition to watch out for. In the first part, Derek O'Brien wrote about six of the 446 new MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

In a big setback to the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP, two Rajya Sabha MPs have resigned from the party and their membership in the Upper House. Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar has accepted their resignation

Senior Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has said he will join the midnight protest over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Opposition parties - led by Congress stalwart Sonia Gandhi - walked out of the Rajya Sabha, yet again, on Friday afternoon in support of Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan to protest a recurrence of the 'Jaya Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan' row.

An emotional Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge today urged the Chair to expunge certain remarks made by BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari in the House regarding his political journey.

Congress MP P Chidambaram posed five questions to the government Wednesday in a speech in the Rajya Sabha, a day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman read out the Union Budget.

The BJP - hit by a blistering broadside Monday from Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, in his first speech as Leader of the Opposition - deployed union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Kiren Rijiju, and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi to counter.

The Delhi High Court today directed Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Saket Gokhale, to pay Rs 50 lakh in damages in a defamation case filed by former diplomat Lakshmi Puri.

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi addressed the people of Delhi in a video message today - two days before the national capital goes to polls on May 25, stressing that "every vote will create employment, reduce inflation, and empower women".