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Opposition Leaders Step up Attack on Modi Govt on ‘No Question Hour'
03 Sep 2020
Attempt to “throttle” democracy, says Congress, ahead of Monsoon session of Parlaiment.
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Opposition Reacts to Centre Suspending Question Hour in Monsoon Session, Says it Exposes ‘Autocratic Mindset’
02 Sep 2020
Taking to Twitter, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that it was an example of how “strongmen leaders would use the excuse of the pandemic to stifle democracy and dissent”.
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‘Code on Social Security’ Omits Anganwadi, ASHAs as ‘Employees’, Unlike in Earlier Drafts
11 Aug 2020
Noting many omissions and ambiguities, such as on gig workers, the Standing Committee on Labour has called for a relook at the proposed Code, subsuming 9 labour Acts, to make it more ‘dynamic’.
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Govt Order Mandating Use of Aarogya Setu App is ‘Utterly Illegal’, Says Justice (retd) Srikrishna
14 May 2020
The retired Supreme Court judge, who heads the expert panel on data protection laws, said pushing the App would cause “more concern to citizens than benefit”
Hiren Gohain
Putting the Judiciary on Trial
16 Mar 2020
Unabated insinuations can chip away at independence of institutions, make them lean towards the ground.
PTI
Give up Rail Privatisation, Reintroduce Separate Budget: Opposition to Govt
12 Mar 2020
Railways is not an engine to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, it is for poor man's service, Opposition leaders tell government in Parliament.
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95 Legislators Didn’t Attend Even a Single Panel Meeting in February: Report
09 Mar 2020
The report noted that, “57% of TMC, 36% of BJP and 15% of Congress MPs in the upper house didn’t attend even one meeting of the standing committees in this period.”
PTI
Delhi Violence: Both Houses Adjourned After Opposition-BJP Spar
03 Mar 2020
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha proceedings on Tuesday were adjourned till 2 p.m after Opposition and Treasury benches indulged in a war of words over alleged hate speech by Union Minister Anurag Thakur in
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Rajya Sabha Adjourned Twice After Opposition Uproar Over CAA-NRC
03 Feb 2020
Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu disallowed notices given by several Opposition members to discuss the issue.
PTI
Rising Rapes: After Parliament Outrage, Centre Says Open to Exploring Stringent Norms
02 Dec 2019
Members condemn brutal rape and murder of veterinarian in Hyderabad, seek stricter law.