Opposition
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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".
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Monsoon session: Opposition MPs climb on table, throw files at Rajya Sabha Chair
India | Aug 10, 2021, 09:51 PM ISTSeveral MPs stood on the table where the parliamentary staff sits right below the chair, while others crowded around it shouting anti-government slogans.
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Opposition MPs likely to protest at Jantar Mantar to show solidarity with farmers
India | Aug 05, 2021, 09:07 PM ISTLeaders of the opposition parties, which have virtually stalled all proceedings in both Houses of Parliament over the Pegasus controversy and the agitating farmers' demand for repeal of three contentious farm laws, will meet on Friday to finalise details of their protest, the sources said.
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Kurukshetra: Oppn issues joint statement for discussion on Pegasus, farm laws in Parliament
Kurukshetra | Aug 04, 2021, 07:34 PM ISTArguing that the Pegasus issue has 'national security' concerns, Opposition parties have released a joint statement demanding a discussion on the matter in both Houses of Parliament. The Opposition parties have also demanded that there should be a discussion on the farmers’ issue and the three farm laws over which protests have been raging.
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'Centre remains arrogant': 14 Opposition parties issue joint statement on Parliament deadlock
India | Aug 04, 2021, 03:41 PM ISTThe statement comes after a stalemate in Monsson Session of Parliament with both the Houses paralysed by the opposition's uproar over their demand for a discussion on the Pegasus snooping issue and farmers' protests.
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Muqabla | Rahul Gandhi invites Opposition leaders for breakfast meeting
News | Aug 02, 2021, 06:40 PM ISTCongress leader Rahul Gandhi has invited leaders of Opposition parties to a breakfast meeting at the Constitution Club in Delhi on Tuesday to chalk out a joint strategy on the Pegasus snooping issue. This comes at a time when the Opposition has been demanding a discussion in Parliament on the Pegasus row and its leaders have been giving adjournment notices every day.
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Parliament fails to function again as Opposition continues protest over Pegasus, other issues
India | Aug 02, 2021, 05:45 PM ISTAfter about half an hour, the deputy chairman adjourned the House till 2 PM as the Opposition members continued to raise slogans and disrupt proceedings.
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Democracy must go on; will be in Delhi every 2 months: Mamata Banerjee before leaving capital
India | Jul 30, 2021, 10:16 PM ISTTerming her stay as "successful", Banerjee's first trip to the national capital after her resounding victory in the West Bengal assembly polls was akin to testing the waters before she waded deeper into national politics.
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Kurukshetra | How long will Opposition unity last?
Kurukshetra | Jul 29, 2021, 07:33 PM ISTAddressing the media in Delhi, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that in 2024 “poore desh me khela hobe” (game will be on all over the country), even as she has been meeting and holding discussions with several Opposition leaders during her five-day visit to the national capital.
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Amid call for united Opposition, Mamata meets Sonia Gandhi, says, 'all have to come together'
India | Jul 28, 2021, 08:05 PM ISTThe Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo has been reaching out to various opposition leaders in a bid to bring together the non-BJP forces ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
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Mamata on 2024 Lok Sabha polls:'Poore desh mein khela hoga...it'll be Modi vs country'
India | Jul 28, 2021, 04:28 PM ISTSidestepping questions of her taking on the leadership role, West Bengal Chief Minister said the unity of opposition parties will take shape on its own.
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Pegasus row: Congress, Shiv Sena demand formation of JPC to probe snooping case
India | Jul 20, 2021, 02:14 PM ISTOpposition members raised uproar in both houses and demanded a thorough probe into the charges of snooping on journalists, politicians, ministers, judges and others using Israeli Pegasus spyware.