Opposition Parties
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In Lok Sabha, BJP members greet PM Modi with 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'; Opposition shouts 'Jai Kisan'
India | Nov 29, 2021, 02:59 PM ISTIt is usual for BJP and its allies to greet the prime minister with slogans and thumping of benches when he enters the House on day one of the Parliament session.
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan accused of selling gifts received from other countries' heads
World | Oct 21, 2021, 12:58 PM ISTGifts are routinely exchanged between heads of states or officers holding constitutional positions during a state visit.
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How leaders reacts to Rahul Gandhi meet with opposition leaders over breakfast
News | Aug 03, 2021, 02:43 PM ISTThe leaders of 15 parties, including the Trinamool Congress, were present at today's meeting. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), however, skipped it. After the meeting, Gandhi and other opposition leaders cycled to Parliament to highlight the issue of high fuel prices.
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Rahul Gandhi Leads opposition meet on Parliament strategy as logjam persists, AAP skips
News | Aug 03, 2021, 11:20 AM ISTWhile parties such as the Trinamool Congress, Shiv Sena, NCP and RJD, Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party was conspicuous by its absence. The AAP has always stayed away from opposition strategy meetings in Parliament, especially those led by the Congress. Unlike in the past, AAP had been invited for this meeting but it chose to stay away.
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Opinion | Will opposition parties agree on a single leader till 2024?
India | Jul 29, 2021, 03:36 PM ISTThe monsoon session of Parliament has been paralyzed for the last ten days due to continuous disruption of proceedings by the opposition parties demanding a probe into the Pegasus controversy.
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7 Opposition parties, barring Congress, seek time to meet President Kovind over Pegasus, farm laws
India | Jul 27, 2021, 04:40 PM ISTSeven Opposition parties, barring the Congress, have sought time to meet President Ram Nath Kovind to apprise him on various issues including the Pegasus row.
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PM Modi asks BJP MPs to organise programmes at village level to mark 75 years of independence
India | Jul 27, 2021, 12:57 PM ISTSources said PM also asked BJP MPs to expose the opposition parties as the govt is ready for a discussion but they are not.
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Sharad Pawar Meets Prashant Kishor, Calls meeting of Rashtra Manch leaders tomorrow
News | Jun 21, 2021, 07:00 PM ISTNationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar has called a meeting of opposition parties tomorrow to explore a joint fight against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, not just in the 2024 national election but also in Uttar Pradesh, where elections are due next year.
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16 opposition parties to boycott President's address to Parliament in solidarity with farmers
India | Jan 28, 2021, 03:06 PM ISTA total of 16 Opposition parties have decided to boycott the president's address to the joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament in solidarity with the farmers protesting the new farm laws, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Thursday.
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Opposition parties in Telangana seek Governor's intervention in RTC strike
India | Nov 20, 2019, 05:48 PM ISTDespite the best efforts of the employee's unions, political parties and even the High Court, the state government is turning a deaf ear to the crisis, the parties said in a memorandum submitted to the governor
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'One nation, one election': 8 opposition parties skip meeting on PM Modi's proposal | 10 Points
National | Jun 19, 2019, 06:54 PM IST'One nation, one election'- a meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deliberate on the proposal has begun. Eight key opposition parties have skipped the crucial meeting in New Delhi.
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No meeting of opposition parties so far on floor strategy
India | Jun 17, 2019, 08:11 AM ISTThe Congress has also not named its leader in the Lok Sabha so far and it remains to be seen how the issue of offer of resignation by Congress President Rahul Gandhi is finally settled though the party has officially said that he "was, is and will be the Congress party chief".
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Opposition slams ban on mobile phones in UP
India | Jun 02, 2019, 04:31 PM ISTA day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath banned Ministers and officers from carrying their mobile phones into the cabinet and other important official meetings, the opposition parties termed it an undemocratic decision.
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Opposition parties meet in Delhi, to discuss possibility of non-NDA alliance
India | May 21, 2019, 02:05 PM ISTThe meeting of the 21 opposition parties will be held at the Constitution Club here at 1.30 p.m., Telugu Desam Party (TDP) sources said on Monday.
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21 Opposition parties to meet in Delhi today over possibilities of alliance ahead of poll results
India | May 21, 2019, 08:47 AM ISTTwo days ahead of the counting of votes for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 21 Opposition parties will meet today, to discuss the possibilities of a non-NDA alliance. The meeting of the 21 opposition parties will be held at the Constitution Club here at 1.30 p.m., Telugu Desam Party (TDP) sources said on Monday.
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'Delhi mein sarkar badal do': Mamata gives clarion call at mega rally, opposition parties vow to oust Modi
Jan 19, 2019, 10:44 PM ISTOver 20 leaders, including two from the Congress, attended the show of unity organised by Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee. The leaders called for putting the differences between the parties
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'Compulsive Contrarians': Jaitley accuses Oppn of manufacturing falsehood, subverting democracy
National | Jan 17, 2019, 03:04 PM ISTIn a Facebook blog titled-The Compulsive Contrarian and his Manufactured Logic-without naming Congress or other opposition parties, Jaitley said, nations are built by those with positive mindsets and a national vigor, not by the 'Compulsive Contrarians'.
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Coalition of rivals will be certain recipe for disaster: Jaitley slams proposed grand alliance for Lok Sabha polls
India | Nov 17, 2018, 11:18 PM ISTJaitley said he saw the reality of state parties in the country, but the nucleus of the coalition should be a party with a large political base and not a miniscule political base.
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After India deports 7 Rohingyas, Amit Shah says ‘not a single intruder will be allowed in country’
India | Oct 06, 2018, 07:26 PM ISTThe opposition parties support the intruders for political gains but for the BJP the country comes first, the BJP president said.
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Majority of opposition parties urge EC to return to paper ballots for upcoming elections
Politics | Aug 28, 2018, 12:39 PM ISTMajority of opposition parties urge EC to return to paper ballots for upcoming elections