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Sanjay Raut, Arvind Sawant, Anil Desai meet Lok Sabha Speaker amid Shiv Sena (UBT) rebellion buzz

Sanjay Raut, Arvind Sawant, Anil Desai meet Lok Sabha Speaker amid Shiv Sena (UBT) rebellion buzz

Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Sanjay Raut, Arvind Sawant and Anil Desai met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday and urged him to adhere strictly to constitutional provisions if any group of MPs approaches him seeking recognition amid speculation of a possible split within the party. The meeting comes as political discussions intensify over reports that a section of Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs may be considering breaking away from the Uddhav Thackeray-led party. However, no MP has publicly announced a decision to leave the organisation. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Lok Sabha Speaker to hear both Trinamool factions before key decision

Lok Sabha Speaker to hear both Trinamool factions before key decision

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will hear the defected TMC MPs as well as the faction led by Mamata Banerjee before deciding on giving recognition to the breakaway faction. An email to the Banerjee-led faction — which is now reduced to a rump — seeking its view.  Sources from Parliament said Birla is likely to seek legal opinion on the defected leaders’ demand to be recognised as a separate group after a proposed merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI). Mamata moves HC Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday filed an election petition before the Calcutta High Court, challenging the poll result in the Bhabanipur assembly seat she lost to BJP`s Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated Banerjee by a margin of 15,105 votes in the seat held by her. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in …

Merger with NCPI may allow Trinamool rebels to vote in Lok Sabha prior to any ruling on disqualification

Merger with NCPI may allow Trinamool rebels to vote in Lok Sabha prior to any ruling on disqualification

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla receives a letter from TMC MPs including Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Satabdi Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Mala Roy, Yusuf Pathan, and others for separate seating arrangement in the House, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI The decision made by the rebel MPs of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to merge with the little-known Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) might not be a foolproof way of avoiding disqualification under the anti-defection law, but it can allow them to vote in the Lok Sabha, pending a decision from the Speaker in case the TMC files a petition seeking their disqualification. With sources in the government indicating that the Centre is likely to bring the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty First Amendment) Bill, 2026 or the Delimitation Bill as early as the monsoon session of Parliament, which is likely to begin in mid-July, it becomes crucial that this bloc, which has promised support to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) gets to vote when the said Bills are taken up. In April, the government had …

Major setback for TMC as 20 Lok Sabha MPs declare support for NDA

Major setback for TMC as 20 Lok Sabha MPs declare support for NDA

The development comes barely days after the TMC leadership suffered a setback, where 58 of its 80 MLAs defied the party high command’s decision to appoint veteran leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Opposition, and elected expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee to that post Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

NTK will go it alone in the next Lok Sabha elections: Seeman

NTK will go it alone in the next Lok Sabha elections: Seeman

Seeman | Photo Credit: S. Shivaraj Undeterred by the consecutive electoral setbacks, Naam Tamilar Katchi chief co-ordinator Seeman on Monday said the party will contest alone in all 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry General elections in 2029. He urged his party cadre not to get disheartened by the recent Assembly election results, which saw the party’s vote share drop by 50%. Speaking at “May 18 Tamil Genocide Day” observation near Chennai, Mr. Seeman said the voters in Tamil Nadu did not seem to want an “ideology” but preferred an “image”. “What Tamil people want is not ideology, but an image. We studied history, economics, geology, chemistry, sociology, agriculture, and literature. But people have taught us a different lesson. This is new to us. We will learn that too,” he said. Mr. Seeman said “victory” was running towards the party now and added people will “search for a candle when there is no electricity in the night”. “When there is injustice, they will search for good people. One day, people will …

Probe panel submits report on justice Yashwant Varma to Lok Sabha speaker

Probe panel submits report on justice Yashwant Varma to Lok Sabha speaker

A three-member panel set up by the Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla last year to look into charges against justice Yashwant Varma has submitted its report to the speaker on Monday, the Lok Sabha secretariat said in a statement. Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla receives the Judges Inquiry Committee report concerning Justice Yashwant Varma, in New Delhi. (@loksabhaspeaker) Justice Verma tendered his resignation on April 10, a move that was seen as effectively bringing to a close the ongoing parliamentary inquiry into allegations of unaccounted cash found at his official residence in Delhi last year. His resignation, however, has not been accepted by President. “The Judges Inquiry Committee, investigating allegations concerning Justice Shri Yashwant Varma, submitted its report to the Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha Shri Om Birla in Parliament House today. The report, which was presented in accordance with the statutory requirements under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, will be laid before both Houses of Parliament in due course,” the Lok Sabha secretariat said in a statement on Monday. Birla constituted the committee on August …

National Lok Adalat in Koppal on July 11

National Lok Adalat in Koppal on July 11

Mahantesh S. Daragada, who is the Senior Civil Judge and Member Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority, addressing media representatives at his office in Koppal on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Senior Civil Judge and Member Secretary of the Koppal District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Mahantesh S. Daragada has urged the litigant public to make use of the upcoming National Lok Adalat and the special Samadhana Samaroh Lok Adalat to settle pending disputes through conciliation and mutual agreement. Addressing a press conference at the DLSA office on the District Court premises in Koppal on Friday, Mr. Daragada said that the National Lok Adalat will be held across Koppal district on July 11 under the guidance of Principal District and Sessions Judge and DLSA Chairman Chandrashekhar C. He said that the litigant public can get various categories of cases settled amicably during the Lok Adalat, including civil suits, land acquisition cases, bank recovery matters, cheque bounce cases, motor accident compensation claims, matrimonial disputes and compoundable criminal cases. Mr. Daragada said that settlement through Lok …

Kanimozhi seeks separate Lok Sabha seating for DMK MPs after Congress exit

Kanimozhi seeks separate Lok Sabha seating for DMK MPs after Congress exit

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Saturday asked Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla to change her party’s seating arrangement in the House, citing “changed political circumstances” after the Congress exited the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA). DMK lawmaker Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Saturday requested Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to change her party’s seating arrangement in the House (Sansad TV) “I write to respectfully request suitable changes in the seating arrangement of the Members of Parliament belonging to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in the Lok Sabha. In view of the changed political circumstances and as our alliance with the Indian National Congress has come to an end, it may not be appropriate for our members to continue occupying the present seating arrangement alongside them in the House,” Kanimozhi said in a letter addressed to Birla. Kanimozhi asked the speaker to make the necessary arrangements for its members to be allotted separate seating, saying this would enable them to discharge their responsibilities in the House effectively. The Congress on Wednesday ended its two-decade-long alliance …

Kharge slams PM’s speech after bill fails Lok Sabha test| India News

Kharge slams PM’s speech after bill fails Lok Sabha test| India News

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “mudslinging” and “attacking his opponents” during his address to the nation on Saturday. The PM’s speech came after the government’s Constitution amendment bill was defeated in Parliament. Mallikarjun Kharge has accused PM Narendra Modi of delivering a politically charged and misleading address to the nation after the government’s Constitution amendment bill was defeated in Parliament. (Hindustan Times) “A desperate and frustrated PM [Narendra Modi] with nothing meaningful to show for the last 12 years, turned an official address to the nation into a political speech, full of mudslinging, and outright LIES,” Kharge wrote on X. He also alleged misuse of official machinery ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in two major states. “The Model Code of Conduct is already in place and it was very clear how PM Modi misused official machinery to attack his opponents. This is a travesty of Democracy and the Constitution of India,” Kharge added. What the Bill sought to achieve The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, failed to pass …

PM Modi to address nation after Women’s Bill fails in Lok Sabha

PM Modi to address nation after Women’s Bill fails in Lok Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address the nation tonight at 8:30 PM. It is likely that the Prime Minister will speak on the issue of the Women`s reservation bill which failed to pass in Parliament after the opposition blocked it. Earlier former Union Minister Smriti Irani lambasted the Congress and other INDIA bloc allies for failing to unite behind the move to give 33&#37 reservation to women in Parliament. Smriti Irani said, “The women of the country were told that the Congress party has created a dream that holds the intention of securing political rights for women. What has become of that intention after 98 years was seen yesterday by women across the country in the nation`s Parliament. The Congress party smiled, thumped desks, and celebrated politically yesterday as they crushed the aspirations of the nation`s political awakening. But for the BJP, this is not just a struggle for power; it is a fight for the right to equality. Women will remember that during six decades of Congress rule, 11 crore women in …