Opposition
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After PM Modi's attack in Parliament, Opposition slams back
India | Feb 07, 2022, 11:57 PM ISTThe Congress Party, which was the prime target of the PM, hit out at him, saying that it is the saffron party that was opposed to the country's independence.
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'Opposition has no views on economy': Chidambaram slams parties over Economic Survey
Business | Feb 01, 2022, 09:49 AM ISTTaking a dig at the government, he said that it took two years "to go back to where we were on March 31, 2020."
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Rajya Sabha Opposition works with "mantra of disturbance and disruption", alleges BJP
Elections | Dec 20, 2021, 04:44 PM ISTThese parties, including the Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Shiv Sena, have argued that the government should have called the entire opposition for the meeting as they have been together in protesting the suspension of these members over their alleged unruly conduct in Rajya Sabha during the last session.
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OPINION | Can Mamata Banerjee unite the opposition?
India | Dec 02, 2021, 12:02 PM ISTThe biggest question is whether Mamata Banerjee will lead the anti-Modi front? Will she seize the stake for the PM’s chair from Rahul Gandhi?
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'100-crore doses answer to our critics': PM Modi's veiled attack on Opposition
India | Oct 22, 2021, 11:16 AM ISTPM Modi also sought to caution against negligence in fight against Covid, saying "strong shield, arms are not laid as long as war is on".
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Political parties criticise UP CM Yogi Adityanath for 'abba jaan' remark
India | Sep 13, 2021, 03:57 PM ISTAddressing a program in Kushinagar on Sunday, Adityanath alleged that people did not get rations before 2017 as they do now.
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Joe Biden’s COVID vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition
World | Sep 11, 2021, 11:07 AM ISTBiden is hardly backing down. In a visit to a school Friday, he accused the governors of being “cavalier” with the health of young Americans, and when asked about foes who would file legal challenges, he retorted, “Have at it.”
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Sharad Pawar accuses govt of using ED to pressurise Opposition leaders
India | Sep 04, 2021, 07:12 PM ISTThe Enforcement Directorate was never used before the way it is being used these days. It is clear that government is using this agency to pressurise Opposition leaders. It (ED raids) is not happening only in Maharashtra but in MP, Rajasthan, Punjab and some southern states also, said NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.
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Centre conspires to sell assets of Public Sector to some Capitalists: Kharge
News | Aug 26, 2021, 01:24 PM ISTLeader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the Central Government is conspiring to sell the assets of Public Sector to some capitalists.
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Opposition parties to organise joint protests across country from September 20-30
India | Aug 20, 2021, 10:49 PM ISTAfter a virtual meeting of the Opposition parties, where they stressed on unitedly moving forward to defeat the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the leaders also put out an 11-point charter of demands before the government.
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Uddhav is helpless, hence attending meeting called by Sonia: Rane
India | Aug 20, 2021, 06:40 PM ISTFormer Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane said that if Balasaheb Thackeray was alive today, he would not have compromised with his Hindutva ideology. But Uddhav Thackeray is helpless as he is attending the meeting called by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.
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Sonia's virtual meet on Aug 20 to push for united Opposition; Mamata, Uddhav to attend
India | Aug 13, 2021, 04:45 PM ISTAs per reports, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, DMK chief MK Stalin, JMM Executive President Hemant Soren are expected to attend the meeting.
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Oppn threatened us not to pass more bills, must apologise for its 'disruptive behavior': Govt
India | Aug 12, 2021, 11:27 PM ISTCountering the opposition's allegations that its MPs were manhandled by the security staff which was brought from outside, the government fielded as many as seven Union ministers and said it was the other way around.
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Kurukshetra | Centre-Opposition blame each other for disruption during Monsoon session of Parliament
Kurukshetra | Aug 12, 2021, 08:06 PM ISTLaunching a counter-offensive against the Opposition’s charges of abrupt end of the Parliament’s Monsoon Session and manhandling of its MPs, the BJP-led government demanded the former’s apology for its 'disruptive and threatening behaviour'.
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TMC MP Derek O'Brien terms govt's presser 'faff,' pitches eight questions in return
India | Aug 12, 2021, 11:30 PM ISTPutting the blame on the Opposition for unruly scenes witnessed during the monsoon session of Parliament, a group of union ministers on Thursday said Rajya Sabha Chairman must take the strongest possible action against those who broke the rules.
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BJP ministers counter Opposition’s offensive on Monsoon Session
News | Aug 12, 2021, 03:41 PM ISTLaunching a counter-offensive against the Opposition’s charges of abrupt end of the Parliament’s Monsoon Session and manhandling of its MPs, the BJP-led government demanded the former’s apology for its 'disruptive and threatening behaviour'. Seven Union ministers, including Pralhad Joshi, Piyush Goyal and Anurag Thakur, took turns to lash out on the Opposition and said that the Rajya Sabha Chairman must take the strongest possible action against those who broke the rules.
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Opposition leaders march towards Vijay Chowk from Parliament
News | Aug 12, 2021, 11:47 AM ISTOpposition leaders from various parties on Thursday, 12 August, held a march from Parliament House to Vijay Chowk in New Delhi, demanding a repeal of the Centre's contentious farm laws. They were also protesting against other issues.
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Piyush Goyal raises issue of Opposition's indiscipline in Parliament, demands special committee
Hakikat Kya Hai | Aug 11, 2021, 10:20 PM ISTLeader of the House in Rajya Sabha, Piyush Goyal, on Wednesday demanded that a special committee be set up to look into the incidents of gross indiscipline by Opposition members and said that the Parliament witnessed a 'new low' in its history after there were reports that attempts were made to strangulate a woman security staff.
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Special committee should look into Opposition members' gross indiscipline: Piyush Goyal
India | Aug 11, 2021, 11:25 PM ISTEarlier in the day, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had also expressed anguish over the disruptions in House proceedings had said that he was "extremely hurt."
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Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu breaks down cver Tuesday's ruckus
News | Aug 11, 2021, 12:08 PM ISTRajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu as he broke down recalling ruckus by opposition on Tuesday. he said "I couldn’t sleep all night. Yesterday was a golden opportunity to discuss the plight of the farmers".