Rahul Gandhi to raise Rafale, farmers' issue at budget session: Mallikarjun Kharge
India | Jan 25, 2019, 04:26 PM ISTMallikarjun Kharge said that the BJP government led by Narendra Modi was "destroying democracy" along with his aide Amit Shah.
Mallikarjun Kharge said that the BJP government led by Narendra Modi was "destroying democracy" along with his aide Amit Shah.
Kharge, Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, termed Rao’s appointment as “illegal” and demanded that a meeting of the selection committe be convened immediately to appoint a new chief of the probe agency.
Mallikarjun Kharge said that the government should apologise for falsely claiming that CAG report on the Rafale deal was tabled in Parliament and PAC.
Asked about the RSS taking out 'Sankalp Yatra' to press for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, Kharge said, "It is their job, elections are three months away".
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi's suo moto action of sending CBI director Alok Verma on leave is illegal and is in violation of the CBI Act," Kharge told PTI, while confirming that he had moved a petition in the Supreme Court in this regard.
Jakhar also waived a paper replica of the fighter aircraft during the Zero Hour as Congress members were in the Well raising slogans on the issue.
Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge today accused Speaker Sumitra Mahajan of being unfair in allotting too little time to the opposition in the debate on the no-confidence motion and said the discussion cannot be treated as Question Hour
In a letter to the prime minister, Kharge said he will not attend the meeting for appointment of Lokpal till the time the leader of the single largest opposition party is made a full-fledged member of the panel.
Kharge listed out the various schemes of the BJP government and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had failed to perform on all fronts.
Kharge had declined to attend the meeting as a 'Special Invitee', saying he was doing so to protect the "inviolability" of the Lokpal Act as the sacred procedure had been reduced to a political pretence".
"A special invitee invitation is a concerted effort to exclude the independent voice of the opposition altogether from the selection process of the most important anti-corruption watchdog," the senior Congress leader said.
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge trained his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wondering why he was maintaining a studied silence on the issue.
During a discussion on the issue of mob lynching in the Lok Sabha, Opposition today accused the NDA government of encouraging organisations behind the violence by cow vigilantes.
Kannada actor and former MP Ramya has been made the head of the Congress' social media team.
Reacting sharply to former Union minister SM Krishna’s reported plans to join the BJP today, the Congress said that Krishna was committing a big mistake by changing his principles at this age.
The opposition Congress has said that it will raise issues like attacks on Indians in the US and the anti-terror operation in Lucknow on the first day of the second-half of Budget Session starting today.
Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday made a controversial statement in the House apparently questioning the BJP over its record of sacrifices made for the country.
The Prime Minister's Office today asked Mallikarjun Kharge to spell out his convenience after December 16 so that a meeting could be convened of the Selection Committee to choose new CBI Director.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea challenging the appointment of Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as the interim director of CBI.
New Delhi: Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misleading people by blaming the Congress for disruptions in the parliament and alleged that the government has only
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