The minister's son Ashish Mishra is among the 13 accused in the violence that took place in October wherein at least four farmers and a journalist were killed.
Thirteen of the 14 people killed in three episodes of firing by army personnel on December 4 and 5 belonged to the Konyak tribe, one of the major tribes of Nagaland.
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, J&K National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and DMK leader T R Baalu were among the leaders who met Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence.
The opposition parties decided after a meeting today that their members in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will march from Gandhi Statue till Vijay Chowk in support of the 12 suspended Rajya Sabha MPs.
All five terrorists involved in the attack and eight security personnel besides a gardener had died in the incident which brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
The union threatened to take their agitation beyond the district and the state if their demand for repeal of AFSPA and justice in the killing was not heeded by the end of the mourning period on December 13.
Without taking the name of any BJP MP, PM Narendra Modi said, "Bring change, otherwise change will happen...don't like to say it over and over again."
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi has said that if the suspended Rajya Sabha MPs apologize, their suspension will be revoked.
The Rajya Sabha has been seeing constant disruption over the suspension of Opposition MPs. 12 Opposition MPs have been suspended for the rest of the Winter Session for disruptions in Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session.
After farmers protest, Rakesh Tikait may initiate a new movement against privatisation of public sector banks, gives hint in a new tweet.
BJP MPs staged a protest in Parliament on Friday against the 'unruly' behaviour of Opposition parties. On the other hand, Opposition MPs protested against suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs.
Mandaviya also hit out at the opposition over claims about deaths due to oxygen shortage during that period, saying the Centre sought from states data on the matter and only the Punjab government replied that there were four suspected cases of such deaths and a probe into them was underway.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that only Punjab reported four 'suspected' deaths due to oxygen shortage during the second wave.
Shiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut said the prime minister had made an announcement of setting up more than 1500 PSA oxygen plants at hospitals across the country, but in reality, only 316 plants were functional.
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.
The Congress and other opposition parties on Thursday walked out from the Rajya Sabha over the issues of inflation, price rise and farmers.
As many as 1,256 cases are under investigation by CBI and of these, 64 are pending for more than five years.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha that has spearheaded the agitation has claimed that about 700 farmers have lost their lives during the agitation since last year.
The Rajya Sabha on Monday suspended 12 MPs for the entire Winter Session of Parliament for creating ruckus in the House during the Monsoon Session on August 11.
Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad said banks do have "problems" in lending to police and politicians. Banks see track record before lending to these customers, he added.
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