Seven-hour Debate

Two days after a Congress unit in Uttar Pradesh sought action against ex-union minister Jitin Prasada over a 'dissent' letter, which triggered a debate on the party leadership, Mr Prasada today said the "letter has been misconstrued". The letter - signed by 23 top leaders in the party - was the focus of a stormy seven-hour meet of the Congress Work...

Protests are being held in parliament against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, a day after the controversial legislation cleared Lok Sabha after a nearly seven-hour long debate during Parliament's Winter Session. Home Minister Amit Shah also said peace has prevailed in Jammu and Kashmir since the scrapping of Article 370.

No-trust motion: Just before the start of the no-confidence motion debate in parliament, the Congress protested loudly in the Lok Sabha about its speakers being allotted less time. The Congress has been allocated 38 minutes in the seven-hour debate and Rahul Gandhi is the lead speaker. The ruling BJP, which enjoys a majority in the Lok Sabha, has b...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in what was described by the Speaker as "Arun ji's classroom", made a strong pitch for the GST or Goods and Services Tax in parliament today, opening a seven-hour debate on bills to enable India's biggest tax reform. He called GST a unique experience" with shared sovereignty for the centre and states.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting of his council of ministers today to brief them ahead of a seven-hour debate on Wednesday in the Lok Sabha on the government's mega reform, the Goods and Services Tax. Four bills crucial to the implementation of GST will be passed at the end the debate; they were introduced in the lower house yester...

Two days after a Congress unit in Uttar Pradesh sought action against ex-union minister Jitin Prasada over a 'dissent' letter, which triggered a debate on the party leadership, Mr Prasada today said the "letter has been misconstrued". The letter - signed by 23 top leaders in the party - was the focus of a stormy seven-hour meet of the Congress Work...

Protests are being held in parliament against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, a day after the controversial legislation cleared Lok Sabha after a nearly seven-hour long debate during Parliament's Winter Session. Home Minister Amit Shah also said peace has prevailed in Jammu and Kashmir since the scrapping of Article 370.

No-trust motion: Just before the start of the no-confidence motion debate in parliament, the Congress protested loudly in the Lok Sabha about its speakers being allotted less time. The Congress has been allocated 38 minutes in the seven-hour debate and Rahul Gandhi is the lead speaker. The ruling BJP, which enjoys a majority in the Lok Sabha, has b...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in what was described by the Speaker as "Arun ji's classroom", made a strong pitch for the GST or Goods and Services Tax in parliament today, opening a seven-hour debate on bills to enable India's biggest tax reform. He called GST a unique experience" with shared sovereignty for the centre and states.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting of his council of ministers today to brief them ahead of a seven-hour debate on Wednesday in the Lok Sabha on the government's mega reform, the Goods and Services Tax. Four bills crucial to the implementation of GST will be passed at the end the debate; they were introduced in the lower house yester...