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Kharge claimed that the bills take away the right of citizens to form or remove their elected government and give that power to institutions like ED-CBI.
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On July 21, Jagdeep Dhankhar stepped down as Vice President, citing health reasons, a little more than two years ahead of the end of his tenure.
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Reflecting on the events, Kharge said his hard work over five years had gone unrecognised.
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Noting that Dhankhar always took the government's side, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Kharge said he never allowed the opposition, whenever it tried to raise issues, whether it was concerning farmers or poor or on foreign policy issues.
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Additionally, the Congress leaders have also sought a legislation to include the Union Territory of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution.
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Rajya Sabha Elections: Elections to 75 of the 245 seats in the Upper House are scheduled for April, June, and November next year
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The BJP has claimed that Siddaramaiah's appointment to a key OBC panel of the party is a bid to induct him into national politics and get him to vacate the Chief Minister's chair
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While addressing an event on the Emergency recently, Hosabale said that "the preamble of the Constitution Baba Saheb Ambedkar made never had these words."
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The Congress president's remark came on a day the party sent general secretary Randeep Surjewala to Bengaluru to resolve the crisis in its Karnataka unit.
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Addressing the press from the Congress Headquarters in Delhi, Kharge hinted that the party will not take any action against party MP Shashi Tharoor, who has been praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has become one of the leading faces of India’s diplomatic outreach following “Operation Sindoor".
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Twenty-six people, mostly tourists, died when terrorists opened fire at a meadow near Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22.
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He also claimed that the Centre accepted "intelligence failure" in an all-party meeting and said it should be held accountable for "not reinforcing" security arrangements in Kashmir to protect people.
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Kharge urged the central government to talk to all the political parties to ensure security in Jammu and Kashmir.
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The action was taken due to irregularities, lack of coordination and negligence of duty observed during the ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’ programme organised in Buxar, a party spokesperson said.
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The alternative view aired by Congress' Kerala MP Shashi Tharoor came during a discussion on the resolution to be adopted by the Congress at the AICC session.
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"The whole world is moving from EVMs to ballot paper but we are using EVMs. This is all fraud.," Kharge said at the Gujarat session of the AICC.
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Mallikarjun Kharge said in the Rajya Sabha that he will break but not bow down in front of the BJP.
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While some Congress leaders have voiced support for Shivakumar to become CM soon, several Ministers and leaders considered close to Siddaramaiah have consistently dismissed any leadership change, asserting that the current CM will continue and complete his full five-year term
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Report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill was tabled on Thursday by the joint committee in the Rajya Sabha amid an uproar in Parliament by opposition parties, leading to their walkout from the House.The Rajya Sabha was briefly adjourned amid the chaos caused by the opposition. The report was tabled by BJP member Medha Vishram Kulkarni, who is a member of the Waqf JPC. Opposition MPs, led by Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, alleged that dissent notes were deleted from the report. This charge was later denied by Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju.
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Kharge added that while personal friendships are fine, it is more important for countries to maintain friendly relations. He argued that people may know each other personally but may not necessarily show concern for India's interests.
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PM Modi must stress that any Indian national must not be humiliated and must be treated with utmost dignity, the Congress president said.
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Addressing the 'Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan' rally in this Madhya Pradesh town, Kharge said BJP leaders kept taking dips till it appeared good on camera, even as he asserted that was not questioning anyone's faith. He also extended his apology if anyone was hurt by his comment.
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The National Voters' Day has been celebrated for the past 15 years to mark the inception of the Election Commission (EC) on January 25, 1950, a day before India became a republic.
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January 23 is observed as Parakram Diwas (Day of Valour) to commemorate the freedom fighter's birth anniversary.
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Mallikarjun Kharge said the Congress has organised the event to commemorate the centenary of lone Congress session held in Belagavi, which Mahatma Gandhi had chaired as the grand old party’s president way back in 1924.
