Bengal polls 2021: Mamata Banerjee will not address election rallies in Kolkata. She will only hold a symbolic public meeting in the city on April 26.
"Government must bring in another bill, pass it as law, to repeal three farm laws," said TMC MP Derek O' Brien during a part press conference on January 25. "The government must bring in another bill; pass it as law, to repeal the three farm laws, in the upcoming session of the Parliament. The nation watched as democracy was murdered in Rajya Sabha as TMC's motion was not even voted on. So, it's very simple 5 days to go for parliament, new session starts bring the bills, repeal. That's it."
Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi said that everyone except TMC's Derek O'Brien agreed to scrap Question Hour in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the upcoming monsoon session will not have question hour and private member's business in both the houses of the parliament once the monsoon session commences from September 14. However, the issue has become a new flashpoint between the government and the opposition parties.
Party MP Derek O'Brien, who has written the letter to Zuckerberg, also makes a reference to an earlier meeting between the two, where some of these concerns were raised.
As protests against the amended Citizenship Act rocked the country, Derek O'Brien had on Thursday changed his Twitter profile picture and was seen dressed in a plain white shirt, which read "No CAB, NO NRC."
On a day Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee engaged in a fresh war of words, TMC MP Derek O'Brien took an apparent dig at the constitutional head of West Bengal by asking his Twitter followers to guess the "clown" governor.
According to CBI sources, O'Brien has been summoned to seek clarification over certain transactions recorded in the bank accounts of Trinamool's mouthpiece, 'Jago Bangla'. The Trinamool leader is the publisher of the newspaper.
On Tuesday, the Trinamool Congress MP had said the way the bills were being passed amounted to a "mockery of Parliament" and was the government's way of "smothering" the Opposition.
TMC member of Parliament Derek O'Brien shared his experience of sexual molestation in the Rajya Sabha as the House passed POCSO Amendment Bill. Revealing details, Derek O'Brien said he sexually molested at the age of 13 years on a crowded bus in Kolkata after tennis practice, while he was wearing short pants and t-shirt. His courage to talk about his personal experience of sexual molestation was applauded by Union Minister Smriti Irani, along with other MPs present in the House.
Hitting out at BJP president Amit Shah over his "Kangal Bangla" remark, TMC leader and Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien Monday called him a "low-life" who "insulted" the state.
Senior TMC leader Derek O'Brien has said they would register a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and charge PM Modi with horse-trading.
In a statement, O'Brien accused BJP President Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of playing "divisive politics" over the issue.
The TMC held a massive anti-BJP rally on January 19 in Kolkata under the watch of party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Private airline IndiGo is the "worst performing" carrier for consumers, while national carrier Air India has the best luggage policy, said a parliamentary panel chairman Derek O' Brien.
The TMC also refuted the charge that the TV coverage of Shah's meeting was blacked-out in West Bengal due to pressure from the ruling party.
On Saturday morning, a BJP supporter was found hanging from a high-tension power tower in Balrampur, Purulia. This is a second such incident in less than a week in the state.
According to an MoU signed between the Ministry of Tourism and the Dalmia Bharat Limited, the latter would maintain the monument and build basic infrastructure around it and has committed a sum of Rs 25 crore for the purpose over a period spanning five years.
O'Brien, who is the Trinamool parliamentary party leader in the Rajya Sabha, told reporters here that "people have lost their trust" in the BJP-led government and "its credibility is now zero with today's budget".
CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat today filed a police complaint against TMC leader and Member of Parliament Derek O’ Brien for allegedly using his morphed picture with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
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