In a shocking incident, Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs were marshalled out of Delhi Assembly on raising slogans over slogans over Delhi Jal Board alleged scam on 8th of April. The BJP MLAs staged a protest near Mahatma Gandhi's statue inside the Assembly premises. The BJP legislators started demanding a discussion on alleged irregularities in the DJB. Speaker Ram Niwas Goel rejected the request and asked the opposition members to sit down. As the BJP MLAs continued to press their demand, Goel asked marshals to take them out. Watch video.
08 April,2024 02:54 PM IST
Ther's a lot of political crisis going on in Hiamchal Pradesh right now. Six Congress MLAs who cross voted in favour of the Bhartiya Janta Party during the Rajya Sabha election, have been disqualified by Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania. The detained MLA's include Rajinder Rana, Sudhir Sharma, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Devinder Kumar Bhutoo, Ravi Thakur, and Chetanya Sharma. With the six rebel MLAs disqualified the strength of the house comes down from 68 to 62 and the halfway mark is 32. With the loss of 6 MLAs the Congress now has 34 MLAs and the BJP with independents has 28. The fortunes of the Congress will now rest on its ability to keep the rest of its flock together.
29 February,2024 03:39 PM IST
A high-voltage drama was witnessed in Tripura State Assembly on July 7. A ruckus broke out between the MLAs of BJP and Tipra MOTHA party during the Assembly session. Opposition party leader, Animesh Debbarma raised a question on the adult movie-watching issue by BJP MLA, Jadav Lak Nath. The Speaker of the House said that he would get back to him after some other important issues. However, the MLAs of opposition parties started agitating and shouting slogans. Five MLAs from the house were suspended.'
08 July,2023 11:06 AM IST | Mumbai
Addressing his supporters, who turned up in numbers in a show of strength, Ajit Pawar attacked uncle Sharad over continuing as president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) despite being 83 while referring to other political leaders. While addressing the gathering he said, "IAS officers retire at 60...even in politics-BJP leaders retire at 75. You can see the example of LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi...That allows the new generation to rise...You (Sharad Pawar) give us your blessings....The other day, he went to YB Chavan memorial...I have also been there...but you are 83, aren't you going to stop?
05 July,2023 05:40 PM IST | Mumbai
Maharashtra's new Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar reached the MET Institute of Management in Bandra on Wednesday for the party meeting convened for the leaders of his faction. Pawar was welcomed by a huge number of supporters on his arrival. On the number of MLAs joining Ajit Pawar, NCP leader Praful Patel, said "We have everyone with us. There is no need to worry". NCP leader Chhhagan Bhujbal also talked to the media about the number of MLAs attending the meet. Ajit Pawar along with other party leaders unfurled the NCP flag at MET Bandra. The NCP leaders and workers were seen wearing caps and saluting the party flag showcasing their respect for the party. According to reports, 35 to 43 MLAs are expected to reach MET Bandra to show their support to the Ajit Pawar faction. Ajit Pawar moved Election Commission to stake claim on Nationalist Congress Party's name and symbol, stated reports. Meanwhile, Sharad Pawar and the group have filed a caveat saying that no decision should be taken in regards with the matter without consulting his faction. NCP leaders ANil Deshmukh, Supriya Sule were also seen at YB Chavan centre where Sharad Pawar's faction is also holding a meet.
05 July,2023 02:27 PM IST | Mumbai
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Jayant Patil during a press conference in Mumbai informed media that his party has filed a disqualification petition against the 9 defected leaders in the Maharashtra legislative assembly. Meanwhile, NCP working president Supriya Sule said that Ajit Pawar joining the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis Maharashtra Government is "painful" but her relationship with him would remain the same. "My relationship with Ajit Pawar will not change, he will always remain my elder brother. We will rebuild the party," said NCP MP Supriya Sule.
03 July,2023 11:05 AM IST | Mumbai
Three days after the Supreme Court gave its verdict on the political crisis in Maharashtra, a high-level delegation of Shiv Sena (UBT) handed over a 79-page letter to Deputy Speaker Narhari Zhirwal demanding to complete the process to disqualify 16 MLAs from Shinde camp and take a decision within 15 days. Reacting to this, NCP leader Ajit Pawar made it clear that the action would not actually topple the government. Meanwhile Speaker Rahul Narvekar said that decision “will be taken as per the law” and “not to satisfy anyone”.
16 May,2023 01:53 PM IST | Mumbai
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on March 27 addressed a Press Conference in Delhi. While addressing media persons, Piyush Goyal shared that Congress isn’t letting the house run and is trying to mislead people by making bad statements. Adding further, he questioned Congress and said this protest was against SC? He said, “Congress isn't letting the house run and is trying to mislead people by making statements. Today Congress people came in black clothes into the House. Do they want to disrespect the law, were they justifying the remarks regarding OBCs or this protest was against SC?”
28 March,2023 02:51 PM IST | Mumbai
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray told Rahul Gandhi that he considers Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar as his idol and asked the Congress leader to refrain from insulting him. Ex-MP Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on Friday, a day after a court in Gujarat's Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case. Addressing a press conference in Delhi over his disqualification, Rahul Gandhi said, "My name is not Savarkar, my name is Gandhi and Gandhi does not offer an apology to anyone".Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut echoed his party chief and said, "It is a wrong statement. He's definitely a Gandhi but no need to drag Savarkar."
27 March,2023 10:45 PM IST | Mumbai
BJP MLAs showed up wearing oxygen masks and carrying cylinders in Delhi Assembly. This comes as the national capital continues to battle the issue of air pollution. Air pollution in the city has often been a source of friction between the BJP and AAP. It also cropped up as a significant issue during the recently held civic polls in the city. The BJP has been blaming the AAP government for its failure to control pollution.
17 January,2023 02:41 PM IST | MumbaiADVERTISEMENT
