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Rajya Sabha adjourned till Aug 3 amid Opposition protest over student issue

Rajya Sabha adjourned till Aug 3 amid Opposition protest over student issue

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The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Friday after repeated disruptions by Opposition members over multiple issues, including the alleged police action during the July 20 student protest over the NEET issue. The Upper House will now reconvene on Monday, August 3, at 11 am. The proceedings began with Union ministers laying various papers on the Table of the House. The report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj was also presented. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan informed the House about the implementation status of recommendations made in the 22nd report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communication and Information Technology regarding measures to curb fake news. Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan later took up the Zero Hour, during which members raised matters of public importance. However, the session soon descended into disorder as Opposition members started raising slogans and protesting over their demands. As the disruptions continued, the Chairman urged the protesting members to allow the House to function and respect democratic norms. “You …

‘Not given chance to speak’: AIADMK MLAs stage walkout from Tamil Nadu Assembly

‘Not given chance to speak’: AIADMK MLAs stage walkout from Tamil Nadu Assembly

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The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLAs on Monday staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly after claiming that they were not permitted to raise issues during the Zero Hour, which led to a brief disruption in the House proceedings. The opposition has been pressing for an urgent debate in the Assembly over the incident, citing concerns regarding worker safety and environmental impact in the affected area. (PTI ) AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said the opposition was denied an opportunity to speak despite repeated requests to highlight public issues. Also Read| ‘Leadership is not arrogance’: Another AIADMK MLA quits, takes a swipe at EPS He stated, “In the zero hour today, the Speaker have not allowed us to speak. So we have walked out. We are not given a chance to speak inside the assembly. We asked the speaker to give us a chance to speak on the issues of the public. We are denied the chance to speak.” Further, DMK and Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLAs also …

‘If voters can hire, they should be able to fire’| India News

‘If voters can hire, they should be able to fire’| India News

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Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday pitched for the introduction of ‘Right to Recall’ in India’s parliamentary democracy. The Rajya Sabha MP argued that voters must have the right to remove elected representatives before they complete their term if they fail to perform. Raghav Chadha said that more than 24 democracies in the world, including United States and Switzerland. (Sansad TV via PTI) Chadha raised the issue during the Zero Hour in Parliament, and later took to social media platform X to elaborate on the mechanism. “If voters can HIRE a neta, they should be able to FIRE the neta too. If Indian voters have the Right to Elect, they should have the ‘RIGHT TO RECALL’ too,” he said. In the Rajya Sabha, the AAP leader said that while Indian citizens have the constitutional right to elect their representatives in Parliament and Legislative Assemblies, there is no direct mechanism for them to de-elect them on account of non-performance or misconduct, PTI reported. Chadha said that more than 24 democracies in the world, including …

Opposition should use Zero Hour to raise issues & let Parliament function: Om Birla | Latest News India

Opposition should use Zero Hour to raise issues & let Parliament function: Om Birla | Latest News India

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Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Tuesday urged the opposition MPs to let the Parliament function as the latter continued with their protests against the ruling dispensation in the ongoing winter session,. Birla urged the opposition to use the Zero Hour to raise important issues. (PTI photo) He said that the MPs should raise questions, seek answers from the government, and engage in discussions with government representatives. “I expect you all to do the same,” Birla said. Despite his request, the pandemonium continued in the House, leading the Speaker to adjourn proceedings until 12noon. “The Parliament is a holy place, there is a decorum and dignity that needs to be maintained in the Parliament since this is the place where we obtained our freedom and it’s the most important place of the largest democracy. The nation’s wishes and ambitions are fulfilled in this very place, so we need to respect and honor it”, Birla told the dissenting MPs. “The kind of protests, sloganeering, and posters being used to dissent are not just undignified but also …