Chennai: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the opposition parties defeated the delimitation bill in the Parliament on Friday to defend the “idea of India.” Addressing a poll rally at Ponneri here, he said the BJP-led government at the Centre brought a new bill on April 16, and said they were trying to pass…
New Delhi: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Friday slammed Congress and its allies over the defeat of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha, accusing them of adopting an “anti-women stance” and betraying women of the country. Addressing the media in the Parliament House complex, Nabin said the day “could have been…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed the Congress and its allies for the defeat of a Constitution amendment bill in the Lok Sabha, and said their mindset is neither in the interest of women nor the country. The bill, which failed the LS test, sought to increase the number of seats…
New Delhi: In a major setback to the government, a Constitution Amendment Bill to implement 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816 was defeated on Friday, with the ruling dispensation asserting that the struggle to give the rights to women will continue….
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Friday witnessed a high-octane discussion surrounding the three key pieces of legislation—the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026; the Delimitation Bill, 2026; and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026. As discussions proceeded, sharp words were exchanged between the ruling NDA and the Opposition, with a major legislative setback for…
Nashik: Activists of the Bajrang Dal on Friday staged a protest in Maharashtra’s Nashik, demanding stringent punishment against those involved in the alleged religious conversion and sexual harassment at a unit of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in the city. Activists of the Hindutva outfit gathered outside the district collector’s office and raised slogans condeming…
Hazaribag (Jharkhand): Four Maoists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district on Friday, police officials said. The encounter took place in the Batuka forest area within the Keredari police station limits, following a tip-off, they said. One of the ultras killed has been identified as Sahdeo Mahto, who carried a…
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said the “nefarious attempt” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to link their “dangerous delimitation proposals” to women’s reservation has been decisively defeated in the Lok Sabha, and asserted that it was a win for democracy and the Constitution. The opposition party said the…
New Delhi: A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of seats of the Lok Sabha was defeated on Friday in the Lower House. While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill…
New Delhi: Delimitation will turn out to be “political demonetisation”, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Friday while slamming the government for linking women’s reservation with the expansion of Parliament. Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments in the women’s quota law and setting up a…
