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  8 suspended MPs end sit-in; Opposition boycotts Rajya Sabha till '3 demands' are met

  India | September 22, 2020 13:34 IST

  The 8 suspended Rajya Sabha MPs have ended their dharna, to show solidarity with opposition MPs who are boycotting the rest of the Monsoon Session over three demands. Through the boycott of the session, the Opposition has demanded that the suspension of the MPs be revoked.

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  Farm bills: Opposition members sit in protest inside Rajya Sabha after House adjourned

  India | September 20, 2020 15:48 IST

  The Congress and other opposition party member sat in protest inside Rajya Sabha even after the House was adjourned for the day after the passage of two farm bills.

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  Congress will continue to sit in opposition for next 50 years if...: Ghulam Nabi Azad

  India | August 28, 2020 17:44 IST

  Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the signatories to the dissenters' letter, has said "Congress will continue to sit in the opposition for the next 50 years" if it did not conduct elections to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and other key organisational posts within the party.

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  Governments not always right, opposing them can't be labelled anti-national: SC judge Deepak Gupta

  India | February 24, 2020 19:15 IST

  Supreme Court judge Deepak Gupta on Monday said if attempts are made to quell dissent, then it will have a chilling effect on democracy, as "governments are not always right" and that opposing government can't be labelled as anti-national.  

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  CAA was brought out of humanitarian considerations, opposition politicized it: BJP

  India | February 16, 2020 23:26 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday asserted that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was brought in by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre out of "humanitarian considerations" and lambasted the opposition for "politicizing the issue". 

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  Jharkhand jolt: Fadnavis for new strategy against joint opposition

  Politics | December 24, 2019 8:00 IST

  With the BJP losing power in Jharkhand to JMM-Congress-RJD alliance on Monday, Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Monday night called for recalibration in strategy for the states where the saffron party is facing a challenge from a united opposition bloc.

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  Congress serves notices to 11 UP veterans, slams them for 'unnecessarily' opposing revamp

  India | November 21, 2019 21:44 IST

  The Congress on Thursday served notices to 11 leaders in Uttar Pradesh, for “unnecessarily opposing" the party over the revamp of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) in October.

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  Govt must disclose all details about electoral bonds before Parliament: Congress

  India | November 21, 2019 8:58 IST

  "What we are talking about today leads straight to the PM's office. The BJP govt is running 90 per cent of the business in this country with a few industrialists," senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said.

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  Trump slams impeachment proceedings, calls it 'Kangaroo court'

  World | November 20, 2019 7:31 IST

  A kangaroo court is a court that ignores recognised standards of law or justice and often carries little or no official standing in the territory within which it resides.

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  Opposition increases its strength in Parliament

  India | November 17, 2019 20:10 IST

  The Opposition has increased its strength in Parliament as the 17th Lok Sabha readies to convene for the winter session, with the Shiv Sena walking out of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

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  All-party meet: PM Modi says open to discussing all issues; Opposition raises Farooq Abdullah's dete

  India | November 17, 2019 14:11 IST

  At the government-convened meeting, the Opposition demanded that the issues of economic slowdown, job loss and farm distress must be discussed during the session, Congress' leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.

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  Bolivian senator Jeanine Anez declares herself president

  World | November 13, 2019 9:51 IST

  Bolivian Opposition Senator Jeanine Anez has declared herself the interim president of the South American country following Evo Morales' resignation

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  Congress will work as strong opposition in Haryana: Kumari Selja

  Politics | October 30, 2019 20:15 IST

  “The Congress party will strongly raise its voice on public issues both inside and outside the state assembly,” she told reporters here.

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  4 opposition MLAs join BJP in Jharkhand

  Politics | October 23, 2019 13:18 IST

  The party's election co-in-charge of the state Nand Kishore Yadav and former union minister Jayant Sinha were also present. The sources said that another JMM MLA Jaiprakash Bhai Patel was supposed to join the saffron party on Wednesday but he did not turn up.

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  We don't wrestle with kids: Pawar on CM's barb about weak Opposition

  October 18, 2019 18:20 IST

  NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday hit back at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over his jibe that `there is no wrestler to fight with' in the Maharashtra Assembly polls, saying one doesn't fight with "kids".

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  Jammu & Kashmir Congress criticises Centre for not allowing opposition leaders visit Valley

  India | August 24, 2019 21:53 IST

  Three state unit leaders — Manjit Singh, Vikram Malhotra and Shabbir Ahmed Khan — separately condemned the government action on Saturday, and demanded the removal of restrictions on mobile phone services and allow political activities and press meets of opposition leaders. In the larger interest of democracy to prevail, the opposition should be heard

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  Rahul Gandhi, other Opposition leaders to visit Jammu And Kashmir today

  India | August 24, 2019 0:03 IST

  According to sources, some of the parties that will be part of the opposition all-party delegation are Congress, CPI-M, CPI, RJD, NCP, TMC and DMK. The sources said top Congress leaders who will visit Srinagar are Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma. Rahul Gandhi is likely to accompany them.

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  UP Council adjourned amid Opposition uproar over shootouts in state

  India | July 18, 2019 17:29 IST

  The opposition on Thursday forced the adjournment of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on the first day of the Monsoon Session, creating an uproar over the shootout in Sonbhadra district in which ten people were killed. 

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  Pak Opposition nominates Bizenjo as joint candidate for Senate Chairman post

  India | July 11, 2019 16:53 IST

  Pakistan's Opposition parties on Thursday nominated Senator Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo as their joint candidate for the post of Chairman Senate to replace incumbent Sadiq Sanjrani.

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  Don't bother about numbers, your every word is valuable: PM to Oppn

  India | June 17, 2019 13:17 IST

  PM urged all MPs to be impartial in the House and address issues related to the larger interest of the nation.