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NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for external affairs & parliamentary affairs, V Muraleedharan, has expressed his excitement about the new Parliament building, calling it a “depiction of the developed India” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has envisioned. “I look forward to going to the new building which will be the depiction of the developed India […]

NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and Congress MP Manish Tewari, who has supported PM Modi on several issues in the past, has accused the BJP government of not being serious about the Women’s Reservation Bill, despite introduction of the legislation in the parliament after 13 years. “What I see is that the 128th Constitution Amendment Bill […]

NEW DELHI: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi questioned the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government on the erosion of the parliament’s significance in the functioning of the country, before the first session held inside the new parliament on Tuesday.   “You have built a swanky new building but for the parliament to function, […]

NEW DELHI: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has praised the Modi government’s introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament, stating that it has the potential to set a precedent for the entire country. “The way the BJP has championed the women’s reservation bill by placing women at the forefront to empower them is fantastic. It has […]

NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has claimed his party’s ownership of the Women’s Reservation Bill, ahead of debates on the bill in the new parliament. “We will support it since we authored it,” he said, while questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government’s intentions in introducing the bill “after 9 years […]

NEW DELHI: Union minister and BJP heavyweight in UP, Mahendra Nath Pandey, on Tuesday expressed optimism about the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning the 2024 general election with a greater vote share. “With India progressing further, making amazing strides in the global sphere, I can guarantee you that the Bharatiya Janata Party will win the 2024 […]

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has described the Women’s Reservation Bill 2023 as BJP’s new gimmick for the 2024 election, calling it “Mahila Bewkoof Banao” bill. Senior AAP leader and Delhi minister Atishi stated that PM Modi and the BJP are bringing this Bill just before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to befool women […]

NEW DELHI: On the eventful transition from the British-era Parliament to its new address opposite to it, BJP’s combative Union minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday directed her tirade at the family patron Sonia Gandhi for seeking a pie of credit in every one’s favourite political cake of Women’s Reservation Bill. In an interaction with The New […]

NEW DELHI: As she prepares to resume her journey as a parliamentarian in the Rajya Sabha, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has taken a jibe at the BJP government while hoping for the country’s “democratic” spirit to be kept alive in the new parliament building. “While reminiscing on our time in the old parliament, I […]

NEW DELHI: The Modi government will bring the Women’s Reservation Bill, which seeks to provide a 33 per cent quota, in parliament during the special session on Tuesday. According to top government sources, the Bill will be tabled by Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal in the Lok Sabha for consideration. The discussion on provisions […]