Rajya Sabha News

The Vidhana Soudha police, earlier on Monday arrested three people for allegedly raising «Pakistan Zindabad» slogans in the corridors of Vidhana Soudha during the victory celebrations of Rajya Sabha member, Syed Naseer Hussain. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Division, Shekhar H.T., confirmed that the arrest is based on the FSL report, circumstantial evidence and statements of the witnesses gathered at the event.

delimitation exercise of last year, political parties put their best foot forward. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who is Rajya Sabha MP is fielded from Dibrugarh axing Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Labour Rameswar Teli. Congress's Gaurav Gogoi is looking to shift his constituency to Nagaon. Gogoi' Lok sabha constituency Koliabor ceased to exist, and a new constituency was created Kaziranga. The political landscape of Assam stands changed after almost 27 years as the Election commission of India has published the Delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies last year.

BJP) has released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, and it has brought some surprises. While 34 ministers have been retained, several MPs and even ministers have been dropped to make way for new faces. Let's take a look at some of the factors that may have influenced these decisions.

195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections here in the national capital on March 2. While at least 42 of the candidates who were elected to Parliament in 2019, have been replaced with new names, the party has also fielded at least ministers who are currently Rajya Sabha members. Among the big BJP ministers, who are Rajya Sabha members and will contest elections include Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya who will be contesting from Porbandar in Gujarat and junior IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who will contest from Thiruvananthapuram seat, which is held by the Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.

Tejasvi Surya on Thursday claimed divisiveness is «inherent in the Congress' DNA,» amid allegations of pro-Pakistan slogans being raised in the corridors of the Karnataka legislature complex. Addressing a press conference in Maharashtra's Nagpur city, the Lok Sabha member from Bengaluru South alleged that Congress is the original party «responsible for dividing the country.» He also said that BJP president JP Nadda will address a rally of the 'Namo Maha Yuva Sammelan' organised in Nagpur on March 4. More than one lakh youth from Maharashtra will participate in the congregation, the BJP's Yuva Morcha president said. On Tuesday, supporters of Congress leader Syed Naseer Hussain allegedly shouted «Pakistan zindabad» slogans after his Rajya Sabha election victory at the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha, which houses the legislature and state secretariat.

Sanjay Raut takes a jibe at the BJP government while talking about Central Vista in New Delhi. “One should see the condition of Central Vista in New Delhi" in a mocking tone Raut told media persons and further added that “The new parliament is like a five-star jail where you can't work." In May 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's new ₹971 crore parliament building in Delhi, accommodating 888 members in the Lok Sabha and 300 in the Rajya Sabha.

Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) in Mumbai. The MVA parties are part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc, an amalgamation of leading opposition parties came up last year to fight together in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections against the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats, second highest after Uttar Pradesh which sends 80 members to the lower house of the Parliament.

of six rebel MLAs who cross-voted on Tuesday. Follow Live Updates on Himachal Pradesh Political Crisis Here The petition was filed by Congress MLA and parliamentary affairs Minister Harsh Wardhan Chauhan under anti-defection law. These six MLAs, besides three independents, had cross-voted and helped BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan win a Rajya Sabha seat from the hill state on February 27.

Vikramaditya Singh from the council of ministers in Himachal Pradesh has deepened the crisis for Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government in the hill state. The development comes a day after at least six Congress MLAs cross-voted in Rajya Sabha elections, leading to the shocking defeat of Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi to Bharatiya Janata Party's Harsh Mahajan.

Rajya Sabha member Syed Naseer Hussain posted a video in 'clarification' of alleged pro-Pakistan sloganeering in the state's Vidhana Soudha by his supporters during celebration following his victory declaration. In a video post shared on 'X', Hussain said, «Today, as some of our party supporters and workers and some people were celebrating the victory of three candidates, I was there in the midst of them and then lots of slogans like 'Naseer Hussain Zindabad', 'Naseer Khan Zindabad', 'Naseer Sahab Zindabad' and 'Congress Party Zindabad' were being raised by some of the workers.» «Then all of a sudden as I was leaving for my house, I got called by the media saying that somebody had raised slogans of 'Pakistan Zindabad'. I would like to say here that when I was there in the midst of the people, a lot of slogans were being raised but I never heard the slogan 'Pakistan Zindabad', but whatever it is we have asked the police and let the police investigate it,» he said further.

Gujarat ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, its Rajya Sabha member and former Union minister Naran Rathwa joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with his son and a large number of supporters here on Tuesday. The tribal leader from Chhota Udepur in Gujarat, Rathwa's tenure as the Rajya Sabha member will end in April this year. He was elected to the Lok Sabha five times — first in 1989, then in 1991, 1996, 1998 and 2004.

Nirmala Sitharaman and Jaishankar) will contest the Lok Sabha elections. It has not been decided yet from where they will fight, whether it is in Karnataka or some other state," Joshi told reporters on Monday. When questioned if the Union Ministers will contest from Bengaluru, Joshi, who holds the Coal and Mines portfolio, said he cannot answer it since nothing has been finalised yet.

Upper House are elected for a term of six years, and hence polls are held every two years for 33 percent of the seats. Rajya Sabha Seat Allocation Currently, the Rajya Sabha has a strength of 245 members representing States and Union Territories including Delhi and Puducherry. Out of the total 245 members, 12 are directly nominated by the President who are veterans in the fields of art, literature, sports, science, etc. Based on population, each state is allocated a certain number of seats in the Upper House. For instance, Uttar Pradesh has 31 Rajya Sabha seats while Goa has one. Members of the state legislative assemblies choose Rajya Sabha members through an indirect election system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote (STV).

Seat-sharing in West Bengal for Lok Sabha Election 2024: Amid reports of the revival of seat-sharing talks between the Congress and TMC, the leaders of both parties have once again come up with conflicting statements indicating that there is no clarity yet on whether or not the two parties will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election 2024 together in West Bengal. TMC leader Derek O’Brien said on Friday that his party will fight the general elections solo. The Rajya Sabha member said there was “no change" in the party’s stand of contesting all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, a few in Assam, and one in Meghalaya, news agency PTI reported.

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Friday said there has been «no change» in the party's stand of contesting all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, a few in Assam and one seat in Meghalaya, amid reports about the Congress soon finalising its seat-sharing arrangements with the party. The Congress and the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, which are part of the opposition bloc INDIA, are said to have revived their talks to unitedly take on the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha polls, due in April-May. However, O'Brien, the TMC leader in the Rajya Sabha, said, «A few weeks ago...West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated that TMC is fighting all the 42 seats in Bengal. We are also in the fray in a few seats in Assam and the Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya. There is no change in this position.»

Sonia Gandhi was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on Tuesday, officials said. Bharatiya Janata Party's Chunnilal Garasiya and Madan Rathore were also elected unopposed to the Upper House from the state, Assembly Secretary Mahaveer Prasad Sharma said. Tuesday was the last day for withdrawing nominations. As no other candidates were contesting, the three leaders were elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed, the officer said. The tenure of Rajya Sabha members Manmohan Singh (Congress) and Bhupendra Yadav (BJP) is ending on April 3. The third seat fell vacant after the BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena resigned from the House in December after being elected MLA.

DK Shivakumar on Monday accused JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy of making «offers» to Congress MLAs to influence them to vote for his party candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls. “We are aware of who HD Kumaraswamy is making phone calls to, what he is speaking and what offers he is making. Our MLAs have given us all the information. We are aware of BJP’s game plan too,” Shivakumar told the media in Bengaluru. JDS has fielded former Rajya Sabha member and wealthy businessman Kupendra Reddy as NDA's surprise fifth candidate, setting off worries in the Congress camp.

Sonia Gandhi left her residence early on Wednesday morning for Rajasthan from where she set to file her nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections. Sonia Gandhi will file nomination papers from Rajasthan. This will be the 77-year-old leader's first term in the Upper House after serving five terms as a Lok Sabha MP.

Narendra Modi on Monday met family members of former Bihar chief minister late Karpoori Thakur, who was bestowed Bharat Ratna, the nation's highest civilian award, last month. The family members of the prominent socialist leader, led by his son Rajya Sabha member and JD(U) leader Ram Nath Thakur, met the prime minister at his 7, Lok Kalyan Marg residence. «Very happy to meet the family members Bharat Ratna awardee Jananayak Karpoori Thakur ji. Karpoori ji has been the messiah of the backward and deprived sections of the society, whose life and ideals will continue to inspire the countrymen,» the prime minister said. Ram Nath Thakur said he thanked the prime minister for the honour on behalf of his family, on behalf of Bihar and on behalf of the oppressed, Dalits, and backward communities.

Md Nadimul Haque, Mamata Bala Thakur, and Sagarika Ghose. The Rajya Sabha Polls are scheduled to ne held on 27 February. Amongst all, TMC's surprise nomination of journalist Sagarika Ghose seemed to have caught attention.

Uddhav faction leader Abhishek Ghosalkar shot dead during Facebook live Ghosalkar, 40, son of Sena (UBT) leader Vinod Ghosalkar, was shot dead during a Facebook Live by local businessman and social activist Mauris Noronha on Thursday evening. Noronha later killed himself, police said.