The women’s reservation Bill, the first legislation to be cleared by both Houses in the new Parliament building, secured 214 votes in its favour with none against it in the Upper House. There was no abstention during the voting proceedings presided by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.
We believe that law and Constitution is sacrosanct and cannot be violated by individuals and organisations like Bajrang Dal, PFI or others promoting enmity or hatred, whether among majority or minority communities
A day after BJP promised the Uniform Civil Code, the Congress party vowed to increase the ceiling of reservation from 50% to 75% to accommodate the SC/ST/OBC/minority and other communities such as Lingayats and Vokkaligas
In its poll manifesto, some of the top promises made by Congress are allowances for unemployed youths, free travel for women, and pensions under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for governmen
Rahul Gandhi will open the debate on Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address for the Congress in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, in an indication that the Opposition is unlikely to disrupt the proceedings over the demand on a separate discussion on Pegasus but utilise the forum to corner the government on the spying episode. The BJP’s first two speakers in Lok Sabha – Basti MP