The elections are scheduled to take place on February 27, with the votes being counted on the same day. The term of office for 56 members is set to expire upon their retirement in April 2024.
Opposition protest at Parliament: Of the 19 MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha, seven belong to the Trinamool Congress, six are from the DMK, three from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), two from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and one from the Communist Party of India (CPI).
Monsoon Session: TMC MPs Sushmita Dev, Dr Santanu Sen and Dola Sen among other Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for remaining part of the week for "misconduct" by entering well of the House and sloganeering.
Sushmita Dev, who is overseeing TMC's activities in Tripura alleged that the BJP workers were responsible for the attack.
Trinamool Congress leader Sushmita Dev was one of the first leaders to reach Lakhimpur Kheri after the October 3 incident. Dev explains in detail what happened there.
The by-election to Rajya Sabha has been necessitated as TMC's Manas Bhunia quit the Rajya Sabha after winning the assembly election from Sabang in Paschim Medinipur.
Mamata Banerjee's vision to empower women and ensure their maximum participation in politics shall help our society to achieve much more, TMC said as it nominated Sushmita Dev for the Rajya Sabha seat.
Sushmita Dev, who was the chief of the women's wing of the Congress, joined the TMC in the presence of senior party leaders Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O'Brien in Kolkata on Monday.
Sushmita Dev, who had been serving as the All-India Mahila Congress chief, sent her resignation to party chief Sonia Gandhi late on Sunday.
Kapil Sibal, a member of the 'Group of 23' leaders who had written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul, has been demanding that the party be strengthened.
Congress women's wing president and former MP Sushmita Dev has resigned from the party. Dev sent her resignation letter to Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi.
The Congress party has said Twitter handles of some of its leaders were locked and accused the micro-blogging site of working at the behest of the ruling BJP government.
Congress-led grand alliance in Assam has finalised its seat agreement among the allies including the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and the Left parties.
The Congress has decided to distribute 25 lakh sanitary pads to women across the country as the COVID-19 lockdown has made the access to menstrual hygiene difficult, said Sushmita Dev, president of All India Mahila Congress.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sushmita Dev, alleged that PM Modi and Amit Shah violated the Model Code of Conduct and the Election Commission was not acting on her complaint.
Dev said gender sensitisation is a challenge for all and it is an issue that needs to be addressed vis-a-vis the public representatives.
New Delhi: From poring over the rule book to shoring up their knowledge and participating in debates and discussions in the house, the 314 first-time MPs in the 545-member Lok Sabha are leaving no opportunities
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