Sumitra Mahajan

Dismissing all allegations against her family and self, the External Affairs Minister alleged that those who actually indulged in quid pro quo were members of Congress, and Gandhi family in particular.

If the Congress-backed alliance manages to win in Bihar then the party might just find a new lease of life. Rahul Gandhi may have emerged victorious after the battle of the monsoon session, but then winter is still coming.

While Sonia Gandhi marshalled the slogan shouting MPs outside Parliament, MPs from The Left, Rashtriya Janata Dal, and RSP protested inside against the suspension of the Congress legislators.

Lok Sabha failed to transact any business for the second straight day as confrontation between ruling and opposition sides intensified with BJP hitting back at Congress by raking up certain comments of Robert Vadra and demanding action against him for "demeaning" MPs.

Even as Parliament has turned into a warzone with the government and the opposition up in arms against each other since the onset of the Monsoon Session, there is something that still unites our MPs across party lines – a designated smoking area.

Lok Sabha was repeatedly disrupted over Lalit Modi controversy on the first working day of the Monsoon session on Wednesday with opposition members storming the Well with placards, ignoring Speaker Sumitra Mahajan's warning of action.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today expressed concern over the "increasing trade deficit" between India and China during a meeting with a delegation of Chinese leaders and said the issue needed to be addressed to make mutual trade more sustainable and beneficial.

Agitated members of Congress, Left, TMC, SP, RJD and others stormed the Well of the House as soon as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy laid a copy of the Ordinance, promulgated by the President on April 3.

The session, which will begin on February 23 and conclude on May 8, will see presentation of the first full-fledged budget of the Narendra Modi government which came to power in May last year.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan reportedly communicated the decision to Congress leaders at a function on Monday. A party needs a minimum of 10 percent seats in the Lok Sabha to be considered for the LoP post.

A day after a panel of MP's suggested changes to the proposed land law, the BJP's Sumitra Mahajan, who chairs the standing committeee on rural development, told CNBC-TV18 that the proposals were not regressive and instead balanced the needs of industry and farmers among others.

Demanding a hike in the minimum support price of wheat from Rs 1,285 per quintal to Rs 1,800, Kisan Morcha of Madhya Pradesh BJP today staged a rail blockade at various places in the state.