RS dy chairman election: Parties that helped NDA win hypocrites, says Congress
August 12, 2018 21:20 ISTReplying to a query, Chaturvedi said, "I don't think the opposition unity is breaking in any way."
Replying to a query, Chaturvedi said, "I don't think the opposition unity is breaking in any way."
The Congress claimed that there is a difference of opinion among the Union cabinet members, pointing out that while the prime minister says his government has given jobs to one crore people, his cabinet minister Nitin Gadkari says there is no job.
Former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta advised party activists to expand the campaign and ensure that the national flag is hoisted at every house, village and city on Independence Day.
The Congress will always stand by genuine Indian citizens and provide help legally and politically, he added.
According to reports, Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the smartphones distributed by the Chhattisgarh government under 'Sanchar Kranti Yojna' were part of a scam.
She was referring to the reports of two of BJP MLAs from Jammu region coming out in support of Article 35-A, which is facing a legal challenge in the Supreme Court.
Asking Congress President Rahul Gandhi to clearly spell out his stand on the NRC in Assam, BJP President Amit Shah asserted that his party was committed to completing the registration process.
A day after NDA-critics AAP and YSR Congress abstained from the polls citing a lack of attention from Congress, National Conference chief Omar Abdullah today criticised Gandhi for not comprising.
Securing 125 votes, ruling NDA candidate and JD(U) member Singh was elected as the Deputy Chairman.
Meanwhile, ANI quoted AAP MP Sanjay Singh as saying, “Looking at Congress's attitude we have decided to abstain from voting for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman, Congress is the biggest obstacle in Opposition's unity.”
JD(U) president rang up Rao and thanked him for the support of TRS members for his party MP Harivansh Narayan Singh, according to Rao's office.
On Wednesday, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party government had lodged an FIR with the Delhi Police against a counter protest staged by Bharatiya Janata Party members outside Kejriwal's office at the Delhi Secretariat.
His blog comes amidst allegations of scandal in Rafale fighter deal levelled by Prashant Bhushan and two former BJP ministers - Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie.
On Monday, Banerjee penned a poem, taking a swipe at the BJP and slamming the NRC.
The PDP, which has two MPs, has declared it is abstaining. The AAP with three members has not clarified its stand so for. However, both parties are unlikely to support the BJP-backed candidate.
Like the Muzaffarpur shelter home case in Bihar, in Deoria, on Sunday, 24 girls were freed from the shelter home after one of them informed the cops that they were being sexually abused.
Earlier in the day, on reports of her being opposition candidate for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election, NCP MP Vandana Chavan said nothing has been decided yet.
Later, Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy also said that the Rafale deal was "one of the biggest scandals of independent India."
Janata Dal (United) MP Harivansh is likely to be the NDA candidate for the post of Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, sources said on Monday.
In his first speech as party president at Congress parliamentary party meeting, Rahul Gandhi went into an assault mode targeting the Modi government on a range of issues.
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