Four months before the Thirupparankundram controversy, MPs from the INDIA bloc had written separate but identical letters to President Droupadi Murmu and then Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai, raising concerns about the conduct of Madras High Court Judge Justice G.R. Swaminathan.
Congress has convened a meeting of the Opposition leaders in New Delhi on August 7 to deliberate on Bihar Assembly polls to be held in October-November, said NC president Farooq Abdullah.
On the fifth day of the Monsoon Session, INDIA alliance MPs tore up posters marked with “SIR” inside the Parliament complex, protesting the Bihar Special Intensive Revision, which they called an attempt to target minorities and marginalized communities.
Leaders of several INDIA alliance parties met the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and raised their concerns.
MPs of the opposition INDIA alliance, in a letter to Union Minister for Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, demanded the repeal of Section 44(3) of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, which amends the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005.