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Give 'Befitting Reply' To BJP For False Assurances: Meira Kumar
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has accused BJP of giving "false" assurances to the people and said it should be given a "befitting lesson" for failing to fulfil its election promises.
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Swaraj writes to Speaker protesting against Lok Sabha Secretary General getting extension
Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj has raised objections to the one-year extension in tenure to Lok Sabha Secretary General T K Vishwanathan. She said he was "not fit" for the post.
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Lok Sabha Speaker to decide on Telangana MPs' resignations by August 1
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is expected to take a decision on the resignation of 13 MPs from Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh before the Monsoon session of Parliament that begins on August 1."I suppose so. Yes," Kumar told reporters when asked whether a decision on the resignations, most of them by Congress MPs, would be taken before the upcomi...
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Consensus on Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into 2G scam
The government has finally given in to the Opposition's demand to launch a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam. Desperate to get Parliament working especially because of the Budget the government conveyed to the Opposition at an all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in New Delhi today, that it has...
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Parliament impasse: Speaker fails to break deadlock
In a fresh bid to end the deadlock in Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar met the leaders of the Left and other non-BJP opposition parties today, but failed to break the logjam. CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat, CPI(M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury and JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav are among the leaders who attended today's meeting.The ...
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Security of our official bungalows not enough: MPs tell Speaker
MPs are facing threat to their lives and property in the official residences allotted to them, a delegation of law makers told Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in New Delhi on Wednesday."The houses allotted to MPs don't have proper security and in this regard we met the Speaker and requested her to provide security to us... MPs also face the threat to...
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No breakthrough despite Speaker's meeting
After a wastage of 13 consecutive working days, the entire Winter Session of Parliament appears set to be lost as efforts to break the government-Opposition stand-off over the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G scam failed on Tuesday with both sides hardening their positions.At an all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Mei...
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Tharoor in Parliamentary panel on external affairs
Shashi Tharoor lost his job as junior minister in External Affairs over the IPL Kochi row, but he has been nominated by Speaker Meira Kumar to be a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs.
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Meira nominated for post of LS Speaker
Meira Kumar today became the consensus candidate of the UPA and the BJP for the post of LS Speaker.
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Give 'Befitting Reply' To BJP For False Assurances: Meira Kumar
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has accused BJP of giving "false" assurances to the people and said it should be given a "befitting lesson" for failing to fulfil its election promises.
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Swaraj writes to Speaker protesting against Lok Sabha Secretary General getting extension
Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj has raised objections to the one-year extension in tenure to Lok Sabha Secretary General T K Vishwanathan. She said he was "not fit" for the post.
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Lok Sabha Speaker to decide on Telangana MPs' resignations by August 1
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is expected to take a decision on the resignation of 13 MPs from Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh before the Monsoon session of Parliament that begins on August 1."I suppose so. Yes," Kumar told reporters when asked whether a decision on the resignations, most of them by Congress MPs, would be taken before the upcomi...
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Consensus on Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into 2G scam
The government has finally given in to the Opposition's demand to launch a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam. Desperate to get Parliament working especially because of the Budget the government conveyed to the Opposition at an all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in New Delhi today, that it has...
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Parliament impasse: Speaker fails to break deadlock
In a fresh bid to end the deadlock in Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar met the leaders of the Left and other non-BJP opposition parties today, but failed to break the logjam. CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat, CPI(M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury and JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav are among the leaders who attended today's meeting.The ...
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Security of our official bungalows not enough: MPs tell Speaker
MPs are facing threat to their lives and property in the official residences allotted to them, a delegation of law makers told Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in New Delhi on Wednesday."The houses allotted to MPs don't have proper security and in this regard we met the Speaker and requested her to provide security to us... MPs also face the threat to...
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No breakthrough despite Speaker's meeting
After a wastage of 13 consecutive working days, the entire Winter Session of Parliament appears set to be lost as efforts to break the government-Opposition stand-off over the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 2G scam failed on Tuesday with both sides hardening their positions.At an all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Mei...
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Tharoor in Parliamentary panel on external affairs
Shashi Tharoor lost his job as junior minister in External Affairs over the IPL Kochi row, but he has been nominated by Speaker Meira Kumar to be a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs.
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Meira nominated for post of LS Speaker
Meira Kumar today became the consensus candidate of the UPA and the BJP for the post of LS Speaker.
