Sonia Gandhi Parliament

Former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Tuesday slammed the Congress and INDIA bloc for holding copies of the Constitution inside the Parliament premises.

From Feroze Gandhi and Indira Gandhi to their daughter-in-law Sonia Gandhi, the high-profile Raebareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh has sent several Congress heavyweights to parliament since the first national election in 1951-52.

BSP leaders, in a last-ditch effort to salvage their political futures, are fleeing to safer havens, leaving the once formidable party in a state of deep limbo.

Former prime minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh will end his 33-year-long parliamentary innings in the Rajya Sabha in early April, just as former party chief Sonia Gandhi enters the Upper House of Parliament for the first time.

The Congress Parliamentary Party meeting will be held tomorrow morning in Parliament in the national capital.

The women's reservation bill sailed through the Upper House this evening, scripting history after decades of roadblocks. It now needs the signature of the President to make 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies official.

The Women's Reservation Bill, passed in the Lok Sabha yesterday, is set for another litmus test today in the Rajya Sabha on Day 4 of the special session of Parliament.

The new Parliament reverberated with explosive speeches from women MPs - including ex-Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, DMK MP Kanimozhi, NCP's Supriya Sule and Union Minister Smriti Irani - during a debate on the women's reservation bill.

Striking an emotive note, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday remembered her "life partner" Rajiv Gandhi while speaking on the women's reservation bill and said his dream would be fulfilled with the passage of this legislation.

Opening the debate on the Women's Reservation Bill for the opposition in Lok Sabha today, Congress' Sonia Gandhi demanded its immediate implementation along with the provision for the representation of SCs, STs and OBCs.

As the first speaker from the Opposition on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, former Congress President Sonia Gandhi said her party supports the legislation, but demanded a reservation for Other Backward Classes.

BJP and Opposition leaders are locked in war of worlds after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi demanded OBC and SC quota under the Women's Reservation Bill while speaking during the Lok Sabha debate on the Bill.

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will lead the party's debate on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha today.

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who quit the Congress three years ago, on Tuesday was seen having an animated chat with former president of the party Sonia Gandhi and sitting next to her at a function held in the Central Hall.

The Congress' parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the women's reservation bill "is ours", amid speculation that the bill may be tabled in Parliament.

Former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Tuesday slammed the Congress and INDIA bloc for holding copies of the Constitution inside the Parliament premises.

From Feroze Gandhi and Indira Gandhi to their daughter-in-law Sonia Gandhi, the high-profile Raebareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh has sent several Congress heavyweights to parliament since the first national election in 1951-52.

BSP leaders, in a last-ditch effort to salvage their political futures, are fleeing to safer havens, leaving the once formidable party in a state of deep limbo.

Former prime minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh will end his 33-year-long parliamentary innings in the Rajya Sabha in early April, just as former party chief Sonia Gandhi enters the Upper House of Parliament for the first time.

The Congress Parliamentary Party meeting will be held tomorrow morning in Parliament in the national capital.

The women's reservation bill sailed through the Upper House this evening, scripting history after decades of roadblocks. It now needs the signature of the President to make 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies official.

The Women's Reservation Bill, passed in the Lok Sabha yesterday, is set for another litmus test today in the Rajya Sabha on Day 4 of the special session of Parliament.

The new Parliament reverberated with explosive speeches from women MPs - including ex-Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, DMK MP Kanimozhi, NCP's Supriya Sule and Union Minister Smriti Irani - during a debate on the women's reservation bill.

Striking an emotive note, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday remembered her "life partner" Rajiv Gandhi while speaking on the women's reservation bill and said his dream would be fulfilled with the passage of this legislation.

Opening the debate on the Women's Reservation Bill for the opposition in Lok Sabha today, Congress' Sonia Gandhi demanded its immediate implementation along with the provision for the representation of SCs, STs and OBCs.

As the first speaker from the Opposition on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, former Congress President Sonia Gandhi said her party supports the legislation, but demanded a reservation for Other Backward Classes.

BJP and Opposition leaders are locked in war of worlds after Congress leader Sonia Gandhi demanded OBC and SC quota under the Women's Reservation Bill while speaking during the Lok Sabha debate on the Bill.

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will lead the party's debate on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha today.

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who quit the Congress three years ago, on Tuesday was seen having an animated chat with former president of the party Sonia Gandhi and sitting next to her at a function held in the Central Hall.

The Congress' parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the women's reservation bill "is ours", amid speculation that the bill may be tabled in Parliament.