Russian parliamentary delegation calls on Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla https://www.byteseu.com/712434/ #india #LokSabha #OmBirla #Parliament #Russia #speaker
Russian parliamentary delegation calls on Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla https://www.byteseu.com/712434/ #india #LokSabha #OmBirla #Parliament #Russia #speaker
जयशंकर ने अमेरिका यात्रा पर राहुल गांधी के दावे को खारिज किया, इसे झूठ बताया
https://www.newsfeedindia.in/2025/02/jaishankar-refutes-rahul-gandhi-us-visit-claim.html
#Jaishankar #RahulGandhi #USVisit #PMModi #DonaldTrump #MEAIndia #IndianPolitics #LokSabha #Diplomacy #ForeignPolicy #IndiaUSRelations
Oppn. unlikely to contest Lok Sabha Speaker’s post, NDA nominee to be elected unopposed
A section of NDA leaders is of the view that Om Birla, who was the Speaker in the previous Lok Sabha, may be nominated again; Oppn. demanded that they be given the choice to pick the deputy speaker.
#LokSabhaSpeaker #LokSabha #NDA #BJP #OmBirla #OppositionParties #india
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lok-sabha-session-live-updates-june-25/article68330322.ece
Stripped Short of Majority, Modi Highlights Constitution, Consensus as Lok Sabha Kicks Off
In his address ahead of the commencement of the 18th Lok Sabha, Modi said that while a majority is essential to run the country, a consensus is important to govern.
#LokSabha #NarendraModi #BJP #NDA #IndianConstitution #india
Why Did President Murmu Go Against Convention in Asking Modi to Form the Government?
Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India without the 240 newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party MPs electing him as its leader. Such departures from the set convention by President Murmu do not augur well for our democracy. S.N. Sahu writes.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #DroupadiMurmu #NarendraModi #BJP #NDA #VoteOfConfidence #parliament #LokSabha #india
https://thewire.in/government/president-murmu-convention-modi-240-mps
Eighteenth Lok Sabha has lowest share of Muslim MPs in six decades
Only ten States/UTs have at least one Muslim MP, that too with steep declines of share in many.
#LokSabha #MuslimMPs #MuslimRepresentation #parliament #IndianMuslims #LokSabhaElection2024 #india
Rahul Gandhi's reluctance to take up the post of the Leader of the Opposition came up at the crucial Congress meeting this evening where the party took the decision that he would vacate Kerala's Wayanad, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would make her elect
#RahulGandhi #Threat #Joke #PartyDebatesKeyRole #Him #LokSabha #MastIndia #MastodonIndians #India @mastodonindians
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rahul-gandhis-threat-joke-as-party-debates-key-role-for-him-in-lok-sabha-5910998
CWC passes resolution to appoint Rahul Gandhi as LoP in Lok Sabha
Foreign leaders begin arriving in Delhi; Congress reviews performance of Lok Sabha election results.
#CWC #RahulGandhi #LOP #LokSabha #congress #IndianParliament #LokSabhaElection2024 #india
Most analysts expected #Modi to brush aside #India’s enervated & poorly funded opposition parties, some of which had their #bank accounts frozen & their leaders #jailed by the govt in the run-up to the #election.
Yet the mood shifted dramatically as early vote counts trickled in Tues morning & indicated that the #BJP might not single-handedly secure the 272 seats needed in the 543-member #LokSabha lower house, as it comfortably did in 2014 & 2019.
Some worldwide broadly positive news:
1) Much of Georgian opposition rallying against pro-Russian government.
https://civil.ge/archives/611114
https://www.eunews.it/en/2024/05/29/what-is-the-pro-eu-georgian-charter-proposed-by-the-president-for-a-united-front-in-the-october-elections/
2) Hungary (of all countries) considering an extremely liberal assisted dying setup (kinda).
3) In India Modi underperforms - BJP loses sole majority, though with NDA partners can still govern.
#LokSabha #elections: #LGBTQ #Indians are more #accepted than ever - but #politics hasn't caught up
44-year-old #MadhuBai made #history in 2015 when she became the first #trans #person to be #elected a #mayor in #India. She is like a #rainbow. She rose from a #storm, fleetingly spread #joy and then returned to the #sky.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Politics #Hijrah #Representation #Culture
‘Undermining democracy’: Over 20 rights groups issue ‘chargesheet’ against Modi govt
The rights groups point to the low number of Lok Sabha sittings and hurried passage of bills.
Suspension of MPs extends beyond the last sitting of Parliament
The notification to prorogue the two Houses is expected in a day or two, parliamentary sources said.
#parliament #ParliamentSuspensions #LokSabha #RajyaSabha #OppositionParties #BJP #ParliamentSecurityBreach #india
146: Here Are All the MPs Suspended From Parliament This Winter Session
Opposition members have accused the Modi government of “delegitimising democracy” and “bulldozing” the opposition with the suspensions.
#parliament #ParliamentSuspensions #ParliamentSecurityBreach #LokSabha #BJP #OppositionParties #india
https://thewire.in/government/141-here-are-all-the-mps-suspended-from-parliament-this-winter-session
The Vice-President Was a Jat During the Farmers' and Wrestlers' Protests Too...
...and yet he had remained silent then. His invocation of the community is restricted to only instances that conveniently suit the ruling party, writes Akhil Chaudhary.
#JagdeepDhankar #parliament #ParliamentSuspensions #ParliamentSecurityBreach #LokSabha #BJP #jats #FarmersProtest #WrestlersProtest #india
https://thewire.in/politics/jagdeep-dhankhar-jat-farmer-vice-president-kalyan-banerjee
Pangs of Unemployment: Why India's Youth is Turning to Bhagat Singh
While the four have been booked under UAPA, this incident is the most powerful attempt to bring the issue of rising unemployment to national attention.
#ParliamentSecurityBreach #BhagatSingh #protests #dissent #parliament #LokSabha #unemployment #UAPA #DraconianLaws #democracy #BJP #india
https://thewire.in/rights/pangs-of-unemployment-why-indias-youth-is-turning-to-bhagat-singh
To Save Our Democracy, Anger With State Policy Must Be Tied to the Electoral Process
While politics is more than electoral politics and must include every means by which the residents of a country engage with their government, the mainstreaming of on-ground protest and the sidelining of the electoral process speaks to a loss of institutional credibility that goes beyond a single government, writes Sarayu Pani.
#ParliamentSecurityBreach #parliament #LokSabha #unemployment #protests #UAPA #DraconianLaws #dissent #democracy #ElectoralPolitics #BJP #india
https://thewire.in/politics/anger-with-state-policy-must-be-tied-to-the-electoral-process
Who’s a ‘terrorist’: Spraying smoke in Parliament just like Bhagat Singh?
The UAPA, under which many Indians have been charged and are in jail, does not define “terrorist” or “terrorism”, writes Aakar Patel.
#ParliamentSecurityBreach #parliament #LokSabha #unemployement #protests #governance #BJP #india
Over 14 Crore Voters Without a Voice in Lok Sabha: Calculating the Cost of Suspending MPs
While some parties have been robbed of a presence in parliament, it is the people who suffer. The Wire measures just how much.
#parliament #LokSabha #ParliamentSuspensions #ParliamentSecurityBreach #BJP #india
https://thewire.in/rights/cost-of-suspending-members-of-parliament