Rajya Sabha Protests

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.

Rajya Sabha Chair Jagdeep Dhankhar - often left sitting while opposition MPs walk out - turned the tables Thursday, walking out amid demands to discuss wrestler Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from the Paris Olympics from a gold medal bout.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will address the Rajya Sabha today on the escalating crisis in Bangladesh, following the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government and the subsequent military takeover.

INDIA bloc leaders staged protests in and outside Parliament today against what they describe as "discrimination" against opposition-ruled states in the recently unveiled Union Budget.

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.

Two days after Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said he was pained when Leader of the Opposition and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge entered the well of the House to protest, the two leaders shared several light moments this morning.

NCP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel has criticised the opposition for playing "politics over dead bodies" after protests over shocking scenes from Delhi airport's Terminal I, where a portion of the roof over a car park collapsed after rain.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will boycott President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Thursday to protest against the arrest of its convenor Arvind Kejriwal.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday refused to restore the expunged parts of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's speech in the House on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address.

Congress chief Kharge on Wednesday called for calm, and cautioned political leaders against the use of provocative language, as the ruling BJP ramped up protests against Trinamool MP Banerjee's mimicry of Rajya Sabha Chair Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Amid the row over a Trinamool MP's mimicry of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Rajya Sabha MPs belonging to the BJP and its allies today staged a unique protest to show solidarity with the Vice-President.

Seventy-nine MPs, from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, were suspended Monday in an unprecedented development amid continuing fierce protests over last week's security breach.

In an unprecedented development, 78 MPs, including both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members, were suspended today for staging protests in demand of a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the security breach in Parliament last week

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday objected to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha's protest in the House after Opposition leaders demanded a discussion over the major security breach in Parliament on Wednesday.

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.

Rajya Sabha Chair Jagdeep Dhankhar - often left sitting while opposition MPs walk out - turned the tables Thursday, walking out amid demands to discuss wrestler Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from the Paris Olympics from a gold medal bout.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will address the Rajya Sabha today on the escalating crisis in Bangladesh, following the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government and the subsequent military takeover.

INDIA bloc leaders staged protests in and outside Parliament today against what they describe as "discrimination" against opposition-ruled states in the recently unveiled Union Budget.

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.

Two days after Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said he was pained when Leader of the Opposition and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge entered the well of the House to protest, the two leaders shared several light moments this morning.

NCP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Praful Patel has criticised the opposition for playing "politics over dead bodies" after protests over shocking scenes from Delhi airport's Terminal I, where a portion of the roof over a car park collapsed after rain.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will boycott President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Thursday to protest against the arrest of its convenor Arvind Kejriwal.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday refused to restore the expunged parts of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's speech in the House on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address.

Congress chief Kharge on Wednesday called for calm, and cautioned political leaders against the use of provocative language, as the ruling BJP ramped up protests against Trinamool MP Banerjee's mimicry of Rajya Sabha Chair Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Amid the row over a Trinamool MP's mimicry of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Rajya Sabha MPs belonging to the BJP and its allies today staged a unique protest to show solidarity with the Vice-President.

Seventy-nine MPs, from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, were suspended Monday in an unprecedented development amid continuing fierce protests over last week's security breach.

In an unprecedented development, 78 MPs, including both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members, were suspended today for staging protests in demand of a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the security breach in Parliament last week

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday objected to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha's protest in the House after Opposition leaders demanded a discussion over the major security breach in Parliament on Wednesday.