Om Birla
- India
Adhir writes to Speaker seeking debate in Lok Sabha on Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification
New Delhi: Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday demanding a debate on whether Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification was “a disproportionate punishment”, and cited that…
- India
Cong MP writes to LS Speaker, accuses govt of disrupting House’s functioning
New Delhi: Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla accusing the government of disrupting the functioning of the House. Chowdhury said in the…
- India
MPs have unhindered rights to express views in Parliament: LS Speaker Birla
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday said all lawmakers enjoy the “unhindered right” to express their views in Parliament, making a strong rebuttal of Rahul Gandhi’s recent claims that…
- India
Om Birla arrives in Bahrain to attend 146th IPU assembly
Manama: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla arrived in Bahrain’s capital Manama on Friday with a Parliamentary delegation to attend the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The Lok Sabha Speaker received a…
- India
Unparliamentary conduct erodes people’s faith in democracy: LS Speaker Birla
Gangtok: Unparliamentary behaviour and the use of undesirable words in political discourse erode people’s faith in both democracy and democratic institutions, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Friday. Birla said Parliament…
- India
Don’t turn House into a municipal corporation, Speaker tells warring TMC, BJP MPs
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday admonished Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee and BJP MP Saumitra Khan after they entered into a war of words, asking them not to…
- Delhi
Parliament adjourned till 2 pm amid chaos over Adani-Hindenburg issue
New Delhi: Both houses of Parliament were adjourned till 2 p.m. on Thursday amid noisy protests by Congress-led opposition parties over research group Hindenburg’s report on Adani Group. As soon as Lok…
- India
Pawar meets LS Speaker to revoke disqualification of Lakshadweep MP
New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar on Monday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and urged him to revoke the disqualification of party’s Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal whose conviction…
- India
India achieved huge progress under Vajpayee: LS Speaker
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday said the country achieved unprecedented progress in areas such as infrastructure and nuclear power under the leadership of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.…
- India
Never refer to anyone’s caste, religion in LS: Speaker warns members
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday warned members against referring to anyone’s caste and religion in the House after a Congress MP alleged that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made…
- India
Don’t accuse Speaker on Twitter: Birla advises TMC MP Mahua Moitra
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla advised Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in the House that the Speaker should not be accused on Twitter. On Thursday, Birla, without naming anyone said…
- Andhra Pradesh
NCW receives sexual harassment complaint against Andhra MP
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women has urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to take action against Andhra Pradesh’s Hindupur MP Gorantla Madhav after receiving a complaint of alleged sexual harassment…
- India
Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm over Opposition protests
New Delhi: The Opposition on Monday forced adjournments in the Lok Sabha, demanding the revocation of suspension of four Congress members. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla adjourned the proceedings till noon soon…
- India
Kovind’s journey to Prez inspiring: LS Speaker Om Birla
New Delhi: Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind’s journey from a small Uttar Pradesh village to India’s top constitutional post is a wonderful and inspiring achievement of the country’s democracy, Lok Sabha Speaker Om…
- Mumbai
Shiv Sena ‘completely finished’ in a month as 12 MPs also join Shinde camp
New Delhi: Exactly a month after a rebellion among 40 Shiv Sena MLAs on June 20, 12 party MPs on Tuesday switched over to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde‘s group, dealing another massive…
