Parliament Monsoon Session LIVE: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed Delhi Services Bill amid protests by the opposition. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the opposition parties are only supporting Delhi Services Bill for the sake of their alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). While the ‘INDIA’ bloc remains united on the matter,…
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing his gratitude ‘on behalf of the 2 crore people of Delhi’ for voting against the Delhi Services Bill. In a letter dated August 8, 2023, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo thanked Singh for his ‘sheer presence’ in Rajya Sabha,…
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which will replace an ordinance promulgated for handling the transfers and postings of senior officers in the city government. Amid a walkout by opposition parties, the bill sailed through the lower house of Parliament easily as the BJP-led…
On Monday, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc of opposition was supposed to get 105 votes in the Rajya Sabha during the voting on the contentious Delhi Services Bill, for which even a visibly frail 90-year-old former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh came in a wheelchair. However, when the results were out, it…
New Delhi: The ruling BJP, which managed to get the Delhi Services Bill secure parliamentary approval after a fierce debate on Monday, it also targeted the main opposition party Congress for forcing ailing former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s presence in the Upper House. It may be noted that Congress-led Opposition brought a wheelchair-bound former…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal termed the Delhi services bill as a black law aimed at taking power away from the elected government of Delhi. Speaking after the bill was passed 131-102 in Rajya Sabha, Kejriwal said that the Central government has been given the power to work for people, not to take away their…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah blasted opposition bloc India while speaking during the discussion on the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023. The bill was passed by Lok Sabha last week after a walkout by members of the opposition. Shah lambasted the Congress for supporting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the…
Shiv Sena (UBT) Leader Sanjay Raut (L) and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (R). (Images: PTI) CM Arvind Kejriwal has been seeking the support of the opposition parties against the bill, especially in Rajya Sabha Opposition bloc leader Sanjay Raut was all praise for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind…
New Delhi: Delhi’s ruling Aam Admi Party (AAP) on Monday alleged that the BJP was trying to bring the Delhi Services Bill in order to stop Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from moving forward in politics and threatened to expose the saffron party by going to the public over the issue. AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep…