Rajya Sabha Elections 2017

Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday cited videos to back their claim that efforts are being made to tamper with the Electronic Voting Machines from the assembly elections. Senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, who made the claim yesterday,tweeted a couple of videos, saying they were of voting machines being taken away illegall...

The Supreme Court Monday said it will hear on September 23 the plea of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel seeking stay on further proceedings in the Gujarat High Court on his 2017 election to the Rajya Sabha that has been challenged by rival BJP candidate Balwantsinh Rajput.

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed surprise over early listing of the petition of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel pertaining to his election to Rajya Sabha in 2017 and said, "someone seems to be over anxious in this case".

Congress leader and Sonia Gandhi's top aide Ahmed Patel has to face trial in connection with his election to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat, which has been challenged by his rival BJP candidate, the Supreme Court said today.

The Congress on Saturday alleged that BJP President Amit Shah did not mention his liabilities in his election affidavit during the Rajya Sabha election in 2017, even though his son Jay Shah's company Kusum Finserve was given loans worth Rs 95 crore by several banks mortgaging Mr Shah's properties.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh greeted each other and shook hands in the Rajya Sabha after the winter session of parliament ended on Friday. The show of cordiality comes weeks after PM Modi, in the middle of an acrid campaign for the Gujarat election last month, appeared to insinuate that Manmohan Singh had conspire...

The Bharatiya Janata Party today held a parliamentary meeting with all its MPs. The meeting comes after winning in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections. All elected lawmakers were present at the parliamentary meet. One of the chief agendas to be picked up in this meeting is the Chief Ministerial faces of Gujarat and Himachal. The BJP swept Himach...

As most exit poll surveys predicted the Bharatiya Janata Party to win the Gujarat Assembly polls, its Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kakade has claimed that the party would not win enough seats to form the next government in the state.

A short and delayed winter session began today with Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitching for teamwork by all parties in parliament and the opposition demonstrating just how they plan to shape that script, forcing multiple adjournments of the Rajya Sabha, eventually for the day. The Congress has made it clear that it will not allow work till PM Mod...

Following an aggressive assembly election campaign in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday welcomed discussion on all issues in winter session of parliament which begins today.

Switching back from campaign mode for the Gujarat assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday welcomed discussion on "all issues" that the opposition wanted to raise in parliament's winter session beginning Friday and called for constructive discussion on government business. PM Modi, who led the BJP's campaign in Gujarat where exi...

Rajya Sabha MP Sharad Yadav on Saturday said that his faction of the JD(U) will fight the Gujarat Assembly polls on the 'autorickshaw' symbol and in alliance with the Congress.

The Congress has accused the government of "arbitrarily" taking away the chairmanship of a parliamentary panel on personnel, public grievances, law and justice from it, and sought a rethink on such allocations.

Former Gujarat Congress MLA Raghavji Patel, who voted against senior leader Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha elections held last month, today became the latest entrant to the BJP in the poll-bound state.

Ahmed Patel, the 66-year-old top strategist of the Congress, on Thursday told NDTV that though party boss Rahul Gandhi has not publicly congratulated him on his re-election to the Rajya Sabha, "there is no rift" between them.

Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday cited videos to back their claim that efforts are being made to tamper with the Electronic Voting Machines from the assembly elections. Senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, who made the claim yesterday,tweeted a couple of videos, saying they were of voting machines being taken away illegall...

The Supreme Court Monday said it will hear on September 23 the plea of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel seeking stay on further proceedings in the Gujarat High Court on his 2017 election to the Rajya Sabha that has been challenged by rival BJP candidate Balwantsinh Rajput.

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed surprise over early listing of the petition of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel pertaining to his election to Rajya Sabha in 2017 and said, "someone seems to be over anxious in this case".

Congress leader and Sonia Gandhi's top aide Ahmed Patel has to face trial in connection with his election to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat, which has been challenged by his rival BJP candidate, the Supreme Court said today.

The Congress on Saturday alleged that BJP President Amit Shah did not mention his liabilities in his election affidavit during the Rajya Sabha election in 2017, even though his son Jay Shah's company Kusum Finserve was given loans worth Rs 95 crore by several banks mortgaging Mr Shah's properties.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh greeted each other and shook hands in the Rajya Sabha after the winter session of parliament ended on Friday. The show of cordiality comes weeks after PM Modi, in the middle of an acrid campaign for the Gujarat election last month, appeared to insinuate that Manmohan Singh had conspire...

The Bharatiya Janata Party today held a parliamentary meeting with all its MPs. The meeting comes after winning in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections. All elected lawmakers were present at the parliamentary meet. One of the chief agendas to be picked up in this meeting is the Chief Ministerial faces of Gujarat and Himachal. The BJP swept Himach...

As most exit poll surveys predicted the Bharatiya Janata Party to win the Gujarat Assembly polls, its Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kakade has claimed that the party would not win enough seats to form the next government in the state.

A short and delayed winter session began today with Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitching for teamwork by all parties in parliament and the opposition demonstrating just how they plan to shape that script, forcing multiple adjournments of the Rajya Sabha, eventually for the day. The Congress has made it clear that it will not allow work till PM Mod...

Following an aggressive assembly election campaign in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday welcomed discussion on all issues in winter session of parliament which begins today.

Switching back from campaign mode for the Gujarat assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday welcomed discussion on "all issues" that the opposition wanted to raise in parliament's winter session beginning Friday and called for constructive discussion on government business. PM Modi, who led the BJP's campaign in Gujarat where exi...

Rajya Sabha MP Sharad Yadav on Saturday said that his faction of the JD(U) will fight the Gujarat Assembly polls on the 'autorickshaw' symbol and in alliance with the Congress.

The Congress has accused the government of "arbitrarily" taking away the chairmanship of a parliamentary panel on personnel, public grievances, law and justice from it, and sought a rethink on such allocations.

Former Gujarat Congress MLA Raghavji Patel, who voted against senior leader Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha elections held last month, today became the latest entrant to the BJP in the poll-bound state.

Ahmed Patel, the 66-year-old top strategist of the Congress, on Thursday told NDTV that though party boss Rahul Gandhi has not publicly congratulated him on his re-election to the Rajya Sabha, "there is no rift" between them.