2G or Rs 1.5 lakh in every account or Modi model or GST, all are lies, says Rahul Gandhi after CWC meet
December 22, 2017 20:43 ISTHowever, the agenda for the meeting was not officially disclosed.
However, the agenda for the meeting was not officially disclosed.
The party's highest decision-making body is expected to accord a warm welcome to the Gandhi scion and likely to discuss the current political situation.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said that the bill on triple talaq will be tabled in the Parliament on Friday.
Though Rahul Gandhi has chaired CWC meetings in the past in the absence of his mother Sonia Gandhi, it will be for the first time that he will preside over it as Congress president.
According to the Election Commission sources about 84.5 per cent votes were recorded at the end of polls which passed off peacefully.
A united Opposition expressed apprehension that the UPCOC Bill, 2017, could be misused against political adversaries and the press and demanded that it be sent to the select committee of the House for scrutiny.
Kanimozhi, Rajya Sabha MP and daughter of DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, was accused of conniving with former telecom minister A Raja and other co-accused in “parking” illegal gratification of Rs 200 crore in Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd.
Referring to the Gujarat poll outcome, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President G Parameshwara said he hoped Karnataka, too, would back Gandhi’s leadership.
As the news about the CBI special court's verdict came, DMK cadres broke into celebrations across Tamil Nadu, bursting firecrackers and distributing sweets.
The by-poll was necessitated following the death of AIADMK leader and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on December 5, 2016, who represented the seat.
Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu adjourned the House for the day. Naidu also ordered the live telecast of the proceedings stopped before he adjourned the House.
"I am happy with the court order," Raja told reporters after pronouncement of the verdict.
Former Telecom Minister and DMK leader A Raja, his party colleague and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi were today acquitted by a special CBI court in the 2G spectrum allocation scam cases.
The party’s “zero loss theory” was proved to be wrong when the apex court squashed spectrum allocation in 2012, the minister said after a special court acquitted all accused in the 2G spectrum scam allocation case.
Jignesh Mevani on Wednesday suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should retire and “go to the Himalayas”.
The government today termed as "motivated" and "baseless" the controversy over the Rafale deal and asserted that the fighter jets have been bought at better terms.
The government today said there was no proposal as of now for abolition of articles 35A and 370 which give special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
It was a big achievement for the BJP to win power in the state for a sixth term with more vote share, he said, asking party leaders not to be affected by the opposition's "disinformation campaign."
The Congress has been demanding an apology from the prime minister on this issue from day one of the Winter Session of Parliament which commenced on December 15.
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