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New Delhi, March 27 The Delhi Assembly on Friday issued a warning to AAP leaders, including former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, regarding the "hanging chamber" issue, based on a report from its Privileges Committee.The report, which was presented in the assembly on March 23, was discussed...

New Delhi, March 22. Besides the presentation of the Economic Survey, the opening day of the Delhi Assembly's Budget Session is likely to see a censure motion being moved by the Opposition on Monday to condemn the resolution brought by the Opposition in Lok Sabha to remove Speaker Om Birla...

New Delhi, March 19 Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta launched 'Vidhan Sathi', an AI-enabled chatbot, ahead of the upcoming Budget Session.Gupta said the artificial intelligence (AI) tool will function as a legislative research assistant for members of the House."The Vidhan Sathi app can...

Itanagar, March 17 A delegation of former MLAs from Nagaland called on the Speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly, Tesam Pongte, at his office here on Tuesday.Led by former Speaker of the Nagaland Assembly, Neiba Ndang, the delegation also included former ministers V Kashiho Sangtam and...

New Delhi, March 16: Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta said on Monday that the neutrality of the Speaker is central to India's parliamentary democracy, expressing disapproval of the recent failed attempt by opposition parties to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.In a letter to Birla, Gupta...

New Delhi, March 16 The opposition's move in the Lok Sabha to remove Speaker Om Birla from his position undermined parliamentary traditions, Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta said on Monday.In a letter to Birla, he asserted that the neutrality of the Speaker's office is central to the...

New Delhi, March 12 The House functions strictly according to rules, and no member has the right to speak at any time or on any subject. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla stated this on Thursday, a day after a resolution seeking his removal from office was defeated.Birla said that the Chair does not...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla stated that he has always strived to ensure that the proceedings of the House are conducted with impartiality, discipline, balance, and in accordance with the rules. Responding to the opposition's resolution seeking his removal, which was rejected yesterday, Mr. Birla...

New Delhi, March 12 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Thursday that the House functions strictly according to its rules and regulations, and will continue to do so, regardless of whether it is acceptable to any member, and asserted that he would conduct the proceedings with sincerity and...

New Delhi, March 11 A move by the opposition to remove Om Birla as Speaker was defeated on Wednesday in the Lok Sabha after a heated debate, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah dismissing Rahul Gandhi's claim that he was not allowed to speak in the House, stating that the Congress leader was...

New Delhi, March 11 The resolution seeking the removal of Om Birla as Speaker was defeated in the Lok Sabha by a voice vote on Wednesday.Amid protests and slogans from the opposition demanding an apology from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Jagdambika Pal, who was in the chair, announced that...

New Delhi, March 11 "No, No, No" – Opposition MPs have claimed that this is the frequently repeated refrain they hear from Speaker Om Birla when they try to raise important issues in the Lok Sabha.Speaking during a debate in the lower house on the resolution to remove Birla as Speaker, several...

Chandigarh, March 11 The ongoing Budget Session of the Punjab Assembly saw heated exchanges between the ruling AAP and opposition legislators on Wednesday over alleged derogatory remarks made by Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira about women.Unruly scenes erupted in the House after Finance...

New Delhi, March 11 Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi said on Wednesday that the government has created a constitutional vacuum by failing to elect a deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha.He said that allowing a chairperson of a committee, nominated by the very speaker against whom a no-confidence motion...

New Delhi, March 11 Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday intervened in a Lok Sabha debate on the resolution to remove Om Birla as Speaker, saying that he had been prevented from speaking in the House on multiple occasions.Responding to BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad, who cited...

New Delhi, March 11 The Congress on Wednesday criticized Union Minister Kiren Rijiju for contrasting the 10 hours allocated for a debate on the resolution to remove the Lok Sabha Speaker with the two-and-a-half-hour debate on a similar resolution in 1954, saying that Jawaharlal Nehru had then...

March 10, New Delhi – The Lok Sabha on Tuesday discussed a resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla during the Budget Session.Participating in the debate, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju refuted the opposition's allegations, stating that Speaker Om Birla had conducted the...

New Delhi, March 10 Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra described on Tuesday that she was supporting a motion to remove Om Birla as Speaker in the Lok Sabha, from where she was "illegally" expelled in 2023, as "divine karma."Participating in the debate on the opposition's resolution seeking...

New Delhi, March 9 The Lok Sabha was unable to pass a resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla on Monday, due to repeated adjournments, as opposition members demanded a debate on the West Asia situation. The government and the Speaker accused the opposition of "holding" the House...

New Delhi, March 9 Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned until 3 pm on Monday amid noisy protests over the demand for a debate on the situation in West Asia, with the government accusing the opposition benches of not following the basic ethics of the House.As soon as External Affairs Minister S...