suspension of members

New Delhi, March 30 – Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta criticised the opposition AAP legislators' negative approach during the recently concluded Budget Session, which involved boycotting the House without raising any specific issues and attempting to mislead the public.Addressing...

New Delhi, March 24 – Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Atishi, wrote to Speaker Vijender Gupta on Tuesday, accusing him of “silencing” the opposition through repeated suspensions and expulsions, and asserting that AAP MLAs will resume participation in House proceedings only after...

New Delhi, March 16 – Eight suspended opposition MPs are likely to receive relief with a proposal to lift the ban on them expected to be presented in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, according to a political source aware of the decisions taken at a meeting of all political parties chaired by Speaker Om...

New Delhi, March 16 Congress leader K C Venugopal urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday to revoke the suspension of eight opposition members, saying they were suspended "unfairly".Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, Venugopal said that Parliament has seen countless protests, but...

New Delhi, March 10 – The ruling NDA strongly defended Speaker Om Birla in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, asserting that the resolution to remove him was brought only "to create sensational headlines," while the opposition accused him of partisanship, claiming he made "baseless" allegations against...

New Delhi, March 3 Former Law Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad was nominated as the chairperson of the Lok Sabha's Privileges Committee on Tuesday.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has also named 14 other MPs as members of the panel, according to a notification.This is the first time...

New Delhi, February 11 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday claimed that 20 to 25 Congress MPs had misbehaved with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in his chamber, and that senior leaders K C Venugopal and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who were present, did not intervene.The minister of parliamentary...

New Delhi, Feb 9 The opposition parties were seeking to participate in the Budget discussion instead of disrupting proceedings, with the government making it clear that Rahul Gandhi would not be allowed to speak without others being given the opportunity.As the deadlock in the Lok Sabha...

New Delhi, Feb 9 Members of Parliament from the Congress party in the Lok Sabha wrote to Speaker Om Birla on Monday, claiming that under pressure from the ruling party to defend the "absence" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he made serious allegations against them.They urged the Speaker to...