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Another big blow to Mamata: Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik quits amid TMC turmoil
In another setback for Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik resigned from the Upper House on Thursday, becoming the third TMC member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha to quit amid signs of growing unrest within the party. In a letter addressed to Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan, Baraik announced his decision to resign from the Upper House with immediate effect. "I hereby resign from the membership of the Rajya Sabha.
'Bengal's mandate was in favour of BJP': TMC leader Prakash Baraik explains why he quit Rajya Sabha
After resigning from the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Trinamool Congress MP Prakash Chik Baraik said he stepped down after considering that the West Bengal "mandate was in favour of BJP". Baraik, the third TMC parliamentarian to quit this week, also said he would do "as the chief minister of Bengal (Suvendu Adhikari) asks" and insisted that he was "not being pressurised by BJP". His resignation comes at a time when the Mamata Banerjee-led party is facing one of its toughest phases after 15 years...
BJP’s surprise call on 3rd Rajya Sabha seat in MP fed poaching fears in Congress
Rajya Sabha contests in Maharashtra, MP, Karnataka and Rajasthan ended without a vote on Thursday. NCP’s Rajendra Jain was elected in the bypoll to the seat vacated by deputy CM Sunetra Pawar in the state (), while BJP swept 3 seats in MP. Three Congress candidates and one BJP neta were elected in Karnataka, and two BJP and one Congress nominee from Rajasthan.
Congress hangs RSS uniform at Bhopal election office over Natarajan's Rajya Sabha rejection
Escalating its protest against the rejection of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination, Congress workers on Wednesday hung a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) uniform on the locked gate of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Bhopal, accusing constitutional institutions of functioning under ideological influence. The workers reached the CEO office in the morning, found the gate shut, briefly staged a protest and left after hanging the RSS dress outside...
Cabinet reshuffle soon? BJP's organisational rejig, Rajya Sabha nominations hint at changes
Speculation is rife over a possible reshuffle in Union Cabinet after a rejig in BJP's state units and Rajya Sabha ticket allotments. With the completion of 12 years of the BJP-led NDA government and the second year of its third term, Prime Minister Modi may effect a reshuffle in his ministry sometime soon, news agency PTI reported, citing sources. As a new team under party president Nitin Nabin is set to be announced within this month, some leaders holding positions in the government may...
Buzz of cabinet reshuffle grows: 2 Union ministers don't figure among BJP's 1 1 Rajya Sabha picks
Union ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and George Kurian do not figure among the 11 Rajya Sabha candidates named by BJP for the June 18 polls, a development that adds to the buzz about a reshuffle in the council of ministers. Kurian, the only Christian minister in the PM Modi-led govt, and Bittu are outgoing MPs from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan respectively and did not find a place in the list from their state. The buzz over the reshuffle has now further grown as two other junior ministers,...
Meenakshi Natarajan row ends in BJP’s 3-0 Rajya Sabha sweep in MP amid Congress protest
BHOPAL: What began as a high-stakes political gamble by BJP and triggered allegations of horse-trading, constitutional conspiracy, midnight protests and legal warfare finally ended on Thursday with an anti-climactic yet politically explosive finale for the Congress in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajya Sabha battle. With the 3 pm deadline for withdrawal of nominations expiring and Congress nominee Meenakshi Natarajan’s rejected nomination remaining unrestored, BJP’s three candidates — Tarun Chugh,...
SC to hear Natarajan’s plea against rejection of Rajya Sabha candidature today
Supreme Court on Thursday declined to stay the declaration of results of Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, but agreed to hear on Friday Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea challenging rejection of her candidature for non-disclosure of a pending criminal case against her. It was a desperate attempt by senior advocate A M Singhvi, who appeared for Natarajan, to convince a partial working day bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and A S Chandurkar to stay the declaration of...
TMC crisis deepens as third MP resigns from Rajya Sabha & party
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Congress fumes as Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination nixed, BJP close to winning all 3 in MP
Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the June 18 Rajya Sabha polls in MP was rejected Tuesday after scrutiny, turning election arithmetic on its head as BJP closed in on winning all three seats unopposed. Returning officer A P Singh rejected the nomination after BJP objected that Natarajan failed to disclose details of a pending case in Telangana. Congress branded the move “illegal” and alleged BJP had engineered a “constitutional conspiracy” to grab a third RS seat...