Rajya Sabha Vote Chaos

The voice of farmers "is crushed in Parliament and outside", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today, sharpening his attack of the government over the passing the contentious farm bills last week amid unpresented chaos in the Rajya Sabha.

Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh has denied media reports that rules were violated during voting on the farm bills on September 20. In a note to the media, Mr Singh said he would like to "put the facts straight" and enclosed minute-by minute details of events and video footage of relevant portions -- during motions by CPM's KK Ragesh and...

One of the eight Rajya Sabha members suspended over unprecedented chaos during a vote on two farm bills has launched a scathing attack on Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, accusing him of trying to "appease Prime Minister Narendra Modi" by "red-carpeting" what he called anti-farmer legislation. In an open letter, CPI-M member KK Ragesh has a...

Veteran Maharashtra leader Sharad Pawar today announced a one-day fast to express solidarity with eight Rajya Sabha members suspended over chaos during a vote on controversial farm bills. The Congress and other opposition parties have announced a boycott of the Rajya Sabha for the rest of the session unless the suspension is revoked.

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday said the adjournment sine die of the Rajya Sabha without vote on the Lokpal bill was shameful and a sad day for democracy. "It is shameful, a sad day for democracy. Disappointment is a mild word for it," said Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien.

India will not get its anti-corruption Lokpal Bill this year. Minutes ahead of its midnight deadline, the government said the bill would not be put to vote in the Rajya Sabha tonight. The announcement followed 45 minutes of chaos, commotion that the BJP alleged was choreographed because the government which knew it would lose the vote.

The voice of farmers "is crushed in Parliament and outside", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today, sharpening his attack of the government over the passing the contentious farm bills last week amid unpresented chaos in the Rajya Sabha.

Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh has denied media reports that rules were violated during voting on the farm bills on September 20. In a note to the media, Mr Singh said he would like to "put the facts straight" and enclosed minute-by minute details of events and video footage of relevant portions -- during motions by CPM's KK Ragesh and...

One of the eight Rajya Sabha members suspended over unprecedented chaos during a vote on two farm bills has launched a scathing attack on Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, accusing him of trying to "appease Prime Minister Narendra Modi" by "red-carpeting" what he called anti-farmer legislation. In an open letter, CPI-M member KK Ragesh has a...

Veteran Maharashtra leader Sharad Pawar today announced a one-day fast to express solidarity with eight Rajya Sabha members suspended over chaos during a vote on controversial farm bills. The Congress and other opposition parties have announced a boycott of the Rajya Sabha for the rest of the session unless the suspension is revoked.

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday said the adjournment sine die of the Rajya Sabha without vote on the Lokpal bill was shameful and a sad day for democracy. "It is shameful, a sad day for democracy. Disappointment is a mild word for it," said Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien.

India will not get its anti-corruption Lokpal Bill this year. Minutes ahead of its midnight deadline, the government said the bill would not be put to vote in the Rajya Sabha tonight. The announcement followed 45 minutes of chaos, commotion that the BJP alleged was choreographed because the government which knew it would lose the vote.