Leader Of Lok Sabha

BJP demands stern action against BSP leader for insulting national song

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 8, 2013

Criticising the act of a BSP member walking out of the Lok Sabha when the national song was being played, the BJP today said the Speaker should act "firmly" on the issue.

With Parliament in deadlock, Sonia Gandhi reaches out to Sushma Swaraj

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 7, 2013

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who has been under attack from the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, today reached out to the BJP leader in Parliament and walked with one hand on her shoulder, ostensibly to win support for the passage...

Congressmen strike back at Sushma Swaraj, who criticised Sonia Gandhi

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 1, 2013

Government today rejected as "completely baseless" BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's contention that Sonia Gandhi had prevented her from speaking in Lok Sabha and said the "unjustified" and "virulent" personal attack on the Congress president was condemnabl...

Only what Sonia Gandhi wants happens in House: Sushma Swaraj

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Tuesday April 30, 2013

BJP leader Sushma Swaraj announced a "total breakdown" of the relationship between her party and the government, and said the BJP will not attend any meetings called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar or Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath.

Sushma Swaraj slams Sonia Gandhi, says sad Speaker interrupted me: Highlights

NDTV.com | Tuesday April 30, 2013

Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, addressing a press conference today slammed both Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Speaker Meira Kumar.

Parliament logjam: Kamal Nath to meet Sushma Swaraj today; BJP blames govt for impasse

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Monday April 29, 2013

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath is expected to meet Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj today to try and ensure that Parliament functions and the government is able to push important legislation in the last two weeks of the ...

Parliament logjam: Kamal Nath reaches out to opposition, meets LK Advani

Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Friday April 26, 2013

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath today held talks with the BJP's senior most leader LK Advani and is also expected to meet Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Monday to try and ensure that Parliament functions and the gove...

Sushma Swaraj voices concern over rape of five-year-old girl in Delhi

Press Trust of India | Friday April 19, 2013

Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj today expressed concern over the brutal rape of a five-year-old in the national capital and police atrocities on some women protesting the incident.

With eye on polls, BJP president Rajnath Singh to meet state unit leaders from tomorrow

Reported by Rahul Shrivastava; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday April 15, 2013

With the possibility of early general elections now being discussed even by the ruling Congress' close allies, the BJP has begun an exercise to assess its poll readiness. Party chief Rajnath Singh will meet leaders at the state level, starting with U...

Mayawati does not rule out early Lok Sabha polls

Press Trust of India | Sunday April 7, 2013

BSP supremo Mayawati today said she did not rule out the possibility of an early general election, but maintained that her party would continue to provide outside support to the UPA government despite its "anti-people" policies for keeping the commun...

Guns, power, and killings in Delhi

Alok Pandey | Sunday March 31, 2013

The daring daylight killing of Bahujan Samaj Party leader Deepak Bhardwaj at his farmhouse in Delhi has brought back into focus the city's thriving gun culture. Mr Bhardwaj, Delhi's richest Lok Sabha candidate in 2009, was shot dead on Tuesday by two...

Man suspected to be driving car used in BSP leader Deepak Bhardwaj's murder detained

Reported by Tanima Biswas | Sunday March 31, 2013

The Delhi Police, probing the murder of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Deepak Bhardwaj, today detained a man suspected to be driving the Skoda car which the killers used to escape. Mr Bhardwaj, a real estate tycoon and Delhi's richest Lok Sabha can...

BJP should project Narendra Modi as leader for 2014: Baba Ramdev

Press Trust of India | Sunday March 31, 2013

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should project Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its leader in the next Lok Sabha elections and change its priorities if it wants to return to power, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said today.

Modi inducted into BJP's highest decision-making body

Edited by Mala Das | Sunday March 31, 2013

Narendra Modi has been inducted into the BJP's parliamentary board, the 11-member group of top leaders that is the party's highest decision-making body, in a first sign that the Gujarat Chief Minister could be the party's showstopper in the Lok Sabha...

No competition in BJP for Prime Minister's post: L K Advani

Press Trust of India | Saturday March 30, 2013

Amid growing clamour in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to name Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate for 2014 Lok Sabha elections, veteran BJP leader L K Advani today said there was no competition in the party for ...