Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is on a week-long United Kingdon tour, addressed British MPs in London asserting discussions are not happening in Indian Parliament under the BJP government.
India at UN: India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj talked about democracy and freedom of the press in India while addressing reporters in the UN headquarters on the monthly programme of work.
Bhagwant Mann slammed Governor Purohit for withdrawing his order of summoning a special session of the Assembly, saying not allowing it raises a big question on the country's democracy.
Justice Ramana, who is scheduled to demit office next week, said it was necessary to ensure that people do not lose faith and trust in the judiciary.
Jyotiraditya Scindia was addressing a special keynote session at the "India@2047" conclave in Bengaluru on Saturday.
Rahul Gandhi's visit abroad has taken place at a time when the Congress is battling dissensions with a senior leader in Gujarat and Punjab having left the party.
"Constitution provides separation of power among 3 organs and harmonious function between three organs strengthens democracy. While discharging our duty, we should be mindful of Lakshman Rekha," CJI said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he is happy to have participated in the Summit for Democracy at the invitation of President Biden.
Joe Biden was delivering his opening speech on the first day of the virtual ''Summit for Democracy'' which focuses on challenges faced by various democracies.
On Thursday, which was the 4th sitting of Winter Session, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for about 50 minutes soon after listed papers were tabled in the morning.
Addressing the high-level United Nations General Assembly session here, Modi said: “We have had a great tradition of democracy that goes back to thousands of years”.
Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla jointly launched 'Sansad TV' today.
International Day of Democracy owes its existence to Universal Declaration on Democracy, which was adopted on Sep 15, 1997 by Inter-Parliamentary Union, which is an international organisation of national parliaments.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla visited Srinagar on August 29. Speaking to ANI, Speaker Om Birla said that democracy in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh strengthened due to public participation. "In JandK and Ladakh, democratic processes have been restored. People participated heavily in the Panchayat, Block Development Council (BDC) and District Development Council (DDC) polls. These polls have strengthened the democracy," said Speaker Om Birla.
Democracy needs the power of truth to survive, and as such one can consider "speaking truth to power" as a right as well as the duty of every citizen in a democracy, Supreme Court judge Justice D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday.
At the end of her visit to the national capital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that everyone must work together to save democracy in the country, besides stating that she would be visiting Delhi every two months.
More and more soldiers in Myanmar, fed up with the orders to shoot peaceful protesters since the February 1 coup, are in revolt mode and have joined the movement for restoring democracy in the country.
On money distribution during election campaign, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan said that people should be educated in the matter as it is a vicious circle and is how disastrous for democracy.
TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a letter to the heads of other political outfits, senior leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, MK Stalin, Tejashwi Yadav, Uddhav Thackeray, Arvind Kejriwal, Naveen Patnaik, saying that the time has come for a united and effective struggle against BJP's attack on democracy and constitution.
There has been systematic attack on elected institutions and free press that hold the nations together, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on February 27 at VOC College in Thoothukudi.
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