Rajya Sabha

Elections 2019: Rahul To Be Prime Minister If Congress Gets Maximum Seats: Anand Sharma

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 21, 2019

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma on Sunday said Rahul Gandhi will be the next prime minister of the country if the Congress gets the highest number of seats in the April-May Lok Sabha polls.

Election 2019 Phase 2 Voting: A Look At Top Candidates

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Thursday April 18, 2019

Phase 2 Lok Sabha polls 2019: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, BJP lawmaker Hema Malini, Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily, Rajya Sabha lawmaker Kanimozhi are among the prominent candidates.

"BJP Destroyed Economy, Secular Fabric Of India", Says DMK's Kanimozhi

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Tuesday April 16, 2019

MK Kanimozhi, the DMK candidate from Thoothukudi seat in Tamil Nadu, has called the BJP government "anti-national". A Rajya Sabha parliamentarian, Ms Kanimozhi will take on Tamilisai Soundarajan, the BJP candidate and the party's state president, when the polls open on Thursday.

"To Hell With It": Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut Openly Challenges Model Code

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Monday April 15, 2019

Senior Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha lawmaker Sanjay Raut today openly challenged the Election Commission's Model Code of Conduct in place, in a shocking remark during a campaign in Mira-Bhayandar in Mumbai's suburb. "To hell with it, we will speak whatever comes to our mind," the Shiv Sena leader said, at the rally on Sunday.

Union Minister Birender Singh Offers To Resign From Cabinet, Rajya Sabha

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 14, 2019

Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh, a senior BJP leader from Haryana, today said he has offered to resign from the cabinet and from Rajya Sabha.

After Losing 32 Elections, 84-Year-Old Odisha Man Preps To Fight Again

Cities | Edited by Swati Sharma | Sunday April 7, 2019

Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Assembly. Shyam Babu Subudhi from Odisha's Berhampu has contested them all as an independent since 1962. Failure, however, hasn't been a deterrence. In fact, he lost 32 times. Mr Subudhi is now once again eying a win in the national elections that will start on April 11.

Ex-Congress Lawmaker Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu Joins BJP

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 4, 2019

Former Rajya Sabha member from Telangana Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi in the presence of Union Minister JP Nadda.

Rajya Sabha Lawmakers Show Best Fund Utilisation In Goa, Worst In UP

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday March 28, 2019

Details of expenditure of MPLADS funds by Rajya Sabha members show the lowest unspent funds are from some north-eastern states like Tripura, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh -- though this need not necessarily mean that they are good performers because the funds available with them are small compared to some of the big states.

Himanta Sarma More Important Than Amit Shah For North East: Ram Madhav

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 24, 2019

Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is a key person for the BJP in the Northeast and is above party chief Amit Shah for the affairs related to the region, its General Secretary Ram Madhav said on Sunday.

AIADMK, DMK Field Relatives Of Its Leaders In Lok Sabha Polls

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 24, 2019

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, which has for long attacked the DMK for dynastic politics, seems to be following the same route while fielding candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. The party has nominated sons of its leaders including O Panneerselvam for the April 18 polls.

TRS Lawmaker's Son To Contest Against KCR's Daughter Kavitha

India News | ANI | Saturday March 23, 2019

D Aravind, who is the son of TRS Rajya Sabha lawmaker D Srinivas, is set to contest from Nizamabad on the BJP ticket and will face Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha.

Biju Janata Dal Lawmaker's Son Rishabh Nanda Joins BJP

India News | ANI | Thursday March 21, 2019

Rishabh Nanda, son of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Rajya Sabha MP Prashanta Nanda joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, ahead of the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.

Son Of Senior Legislator Quits Sharad Pawar's Party To Join Maharashtra BJP

India News | Written by Purva Chitnis | Thursday March 21, 2019

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra has suffered a setback, with the son of senior leader Vijaysinh Mohite Patil joining the BJP at a time when the party leadership is trying to keep its flock together.

Naveen Patnaik Seeks To Pacify Resentment, Urges Partymen To Work Together

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 21, 2019

In a bid to pacify the resentment over denial of tickets to some leaders, BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced a Rajya Sabha berth for Berhampur MLA Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik.

Won't Allow Citizenship Bill To Be Passed In Rajya Sabha, Says Rahul Gandhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 19, 2019

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said today his party will restore the special category status to Arunachal Pradesh and other states in the northeast if elected to power.