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I will not tolerate insult of Chaudhary Charan Singh: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar scolds Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge

OpIndia Staff - 10 February, 2024

Opposition created a uproar in the Rajya Sabha during the discussion over Bharat Ratna conferred upon Chaudhary Charan Singh.

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Congress leader Surendra Rajput spreads fake news, uses cleverly edited video of PM Modi quoting Nehru to claim that BJP is against reservations

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2024

PM Modi quoted a letter by Nehru to show how he was against reservations, but Congress leader Surendra Rajput used edited to video to claim that BJP opposes reservations

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Rajasthan, Chennai, Jharkhand, every part from North to South, East to West is a part of India: PM Modi rips into Congress over North-South...

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a powerful speech in response to the 'Motion of Thanks' in the Rajya Sabha, excoriating the Congress party for pushing a north-south divide in India

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‘I pray that you manage to get at least 40 seats in elections’: PM Modi taunts Congress on Mamata’s statement

ANI - 7 February, 2024

"A challenge has been posed before you from West Bengal that Congress will not be able to cross 40 (in Lok Sabha elections 2024). I pray that you are able to secure 40," the Prime Minister said.

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‘Congress is anti-Dalit from the beginning, Nehru openly said he hates reservations for SC-STs’: PM Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2024

"Forest Rights Act, Prevention of Atrocities Act etc were not applicable in J&K. We granted those rights to the Dalit communities by removing Article 370", PM Modi stated.

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Rajya Sabha chairman refuses to allow jailed AAP leader Sanjay Singh to take oath for his second term as MP

OpIndia Staff - 5 February, 2024

RS Chairman refused to allow AAP's Sanjay Singh to take oath as the matter is with the Privileges Committee

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Parliamentary panel tables report in Rajya Sabha on ‘Countering Global Terrorism at Regional and International Levels’

OpIndia Staff - 5 February, 2024

Besides the report of the Committee, Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav will introduce the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024 Bill in the Rajya Sabha later in the day to amend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. The House will later resume discussion over the motion of thanks on the President's address.

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AAP leader Swati Maliwal asked to take oath as Rajya Sabha MP twice after she read the wrong oath and then chanted ‘Inquilab Zindabad’

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2024

Swati Maliwal was asked by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar to take the oath as Rajya Sabha MP twice, as she read the wrong oath and then chanted ‘Inquilab Zindabad’.

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A new criminal justice era begins in India, three momentous bills replacing IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act passed by Rajya Sabha

ANI - 21 December, 2023

Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill 2023 replace IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act.

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