Opposition
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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.
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Non-BJP platform revived, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar host meeting of Opposition parties
News | Jun 22, 2021, 04:46 PM ISTAmid speculation on a possible third front to take on the BJP, NCP chief Sharad Pawar host a meeting of the Rashtra Manch, a cross-party platform, at his residence on Tuesday.
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PM Modi will win again in 2024, oppn planning doesn't matter: Fadnavis
India | Jun 12, 2021, 10:27 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi will come to power again after the 2024 elections and the new government will be formed under his leadership notwithstanding the political strategies the Opposition may plan.
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Oppn leaders write to PM, seek free mass vaccination campaign, suspension of central vista project
India | May 12, 2021, 09:22 PM ISTLeaders of 12 opposition parties Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a free mass vaccination campaign against coronavirus, and a suspension of the central vista revamp project to aid the fight against the pandemic.
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Accepting mandate, play important role of Opposition: Nadda to party leaders
News | May 05, 2021, 02:20 PM ISTBJP chief JP Nadda, on May 05, addressed the party leader in Kolkata and asked the leaders to take oath that they will carry out our responsibility, by happily accepting the mandate, and play the important role of Opposition.
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AIADMK thanks voters, says it has great responsibility as opposition party
Elections | May 03, 2021, 02:39 PM ISTAIADMK lost to DMK in Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and thanked voters saying they have great responsibility as opposition now.
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Opposition reacts to COVID-19 vaccine nod; 'approval could be dangerous', says Shashi Tharoor
India | Jan 03, 2021, 12:58 PM ISTThe panel has recommended to the government that any vaccine against COVID-19 should be granted emergency use authorisation only after proper consideration and conducting its trials on a sufficient sample size.
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Hakiqat Kya Hai : Watch our Special report 'Operation Sindhu Border'
Hakikat Kya Hai | Dec 16, 2020, 10:28 PM ISTWatch our Special report on how farmers are getting misleaded on agriculture reforms through social media
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Farm Bills: 'Opposition's politics directionless', says Prakash Javadekar
News | Sep 24, 2020, 03:54 PM ISTMinister of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar slammed the opposition over their way of opposing the new farm Bills in Parliament and outside the houses.
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Opposition MPs stage protest over farm bills at Parliament premises
News | Sep 23, 2020, 04:45 PM ISTMPs of Opposition parties marched in Parliament premises in protest over farm bills. Placards of 'Save Farmers' and 'Save Farmers, Save Workers, Save Democracy' were raised.