Centre Vs Opposition

Ministry of Education has assured students that their interests will be protected and strict action will be taken against those found guilty.

Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Thursday launched a two-for-one attack on the ruling Left Front in Kerala and the Congress, accusing the former of mishandling the state economy and the latter of having lost the peoples' trust.

The recommendation by an NCERT panel to replace 'India' with 'Bharat' in school textbooks on Wednesday raised the hackles in the Opposition, with several leaders cutting across parties coming out in opposition against the move.

The Centre's letter to Sonia Gandhi, claiming it was not traditional to inform the Opposition about the agenda of a special session or discuss it, was roundly refuted by Congress's Jairam Ramesh.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the opposition INDIA bloc is ready to change its name if it has triggered the Centre's push for Bharat instead of India.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday slammed the Narendra Modi government over its handling of the situation in violence-hit Manipur, saying the central government has "switched off the engine of constitutional responsibility"

The Rajya Sabha saw chaotic scenes this afternoon as the impasse over the rule under which Manipur violence should be discussed dragged on for the eighth day. Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the opposition is not concerned about Manipur.

Opposition parties yesterday demanded all other business be suspended for the day to take up the Manipur issue, but the government agreed only to a "Short Duration Discussion".

Amid confusion over the Congress' stance on the Centre's Delhi ordinance, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal told Rahul Gandhi to forget the differences and move forward together at the opposition meeting in Patna, AAP sources said on Saturday.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi today termed as "unfortunate" the decision by 19 opposition parties to boycott the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building and urged them to reconsider their stand.

As part of his efforts to drum up opposition support for his government's fight against the Centre over an ordinance on the control of administrative services in the national capital, Arvind Kejriwal will meet leader Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said the AAP will seek the support of political parties against the Centre's Ordinance on control of services in Delhi in a bid to stall it in the Rajya Sabha.

In another round of Opposition meetings across the country, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna, the state secretariat in Kolkata.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on a mission to unite opposition parties against the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, today flew to Delhi and met Arvind Kejriwal, who has proposed a Rajya Sabha "plan" that could be a "semi-final".

Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Narendra Modi government of not walking the talk on democratic principles and causing disruptions in Parliament to divert attention from the Opposition's demand for a JPC probe into the Adani issue.

Ministry of Education has assured students that their interests will be protected and strict action will be taken against those found guilty.

Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Thursday launched a two-for-one attack on the ruling Left Front in Kerala and the Congress, accusing the former of mishandling the state economy and the latter of having lost the peoples' trust.

The recommendation by an NCERT panel to replace 'India' with 'Bharat' in school textbooks on Wednesday raised the hackles in the Opposition, with several leaders cutting across parties coming out in opposition against the move.

The Centre's letter to Sonia Gandhi, claiming it was not traditional to inform the Opposition about the agenda of a special session or discuss it, was roundly refuted by Congress's Jairam Ramesh.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the opposition INDIA bloc is ready to change its name if it has triggered the Centre's push for Bharat instead of India.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday slammed the Narendra Modi government over its handling of the situation in violence-hit Manipur, saying the central government has "switched off the engine of constitutional responsibility"

The Rajya Sabha saw chaotic scenes this afternoon as the impasse over the rule under which Manipur violence should be discussed dragged on for the eighth day. Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the opposition is not concerned about Manipur.

Opposition parties yesterday demanded all other business be suspended for the day to take up the Manipur issue, but the government agreed only to a "Short Duration Discussion".

Amid confusion over the Congress' stance on the Centre's Delhi ordinance, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal told Rahul Gandhi to forget the differences and move forward together at the opposition meeting in Patna, AAP sources said on Saturday.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi today termed as "unfortunate" the decision by 19 opposition parties to boycott the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building and urged them to reconsider their stand.

As part of his efforts to drum up opposition support for his government's fight against the Centre over an ordinance on the control of administrative services in the national capital, Arvind Kejriwal will meet leader Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said the AAP will seek the support of political parties against the Centre's Ordinance on control of services in Delhi in a bid to stall it in the Rajya Sabha.

In another round of Opposition meetings across the country, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna, the state secretariat in Kolkata.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on a mission to unite opposition parties against the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, today flew to Delhi and met Arvind Kejriwal, who has proposed a Rajya Sabha "plan" that could be a "semi-final".

Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Narendra Modi government of not walking the talk on democratic principles and causing disruptions in Parliament to divert attention from the Opposition's demand for a JPC probe into the Adani issue.