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The Pegasus issue also figured in the Rajya Sabha today and the House was adjourned multiple times.

The opposition has been demanding a discussion in Parliament on the Pegasus snooping issue and have been disrupting the proceedings of the House for the past three weeks in support of their demand.

Constitutional Amendment Bill: The Lok Sabha passed the Constitution (127th), Amendment Bill, on Tuesday, giving states the authority to create their own OBC lists. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha with 385 votes in favour and no votes against it. The opposition parties have chosen to "cooperate" with the administration in passing the law, and their protests in the House

The new law restores the power of states to identify Other Backward Classes and target them with quota benefits

Opposition leaders from various parties, including the Congress, the DMK and the Trinamool Congress, met on Wednesday to evolve a joint strategy on the Pegasus snooping row and other issues.

"What happened in Bengal will happen across the country," Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien warned the government today as he asked it to heed the Opposition's suggestions.

New legislature to restore states rights to prepare their own lists of the minority

Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, August 10 The Lok Sabha on Tuesday evening passed the 127th Constitution Amendment Bill restoring powers of the state governments to identify and notify their own lists

Chuks Okocha compares the leadership of the then President of the 8th Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and the 9th Senate led by Senator Ahmad Lawan The manner the two arms of the National Assembly handled the electoral reforms bill has brought the lawmakers under serious criticism as a result of its decision to vote down the adoption of electronic transmission of the results of elections from the polling stations to the central collation centres. The initiative to amend the electoral act whi...

Sahakar Bharati team meets Amit Shah; bats for independent NCCT Sah Bharati team stresses on the need for national co-op policy Five top Sahakar Bharati leaders landed in Delhi on short notice on Thursday to meet the newly appointed Union Cooperative Minister and Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence. Among other things, Sah Bharati leaders stressed on the need to have a National Co-operative Development Policy for the country and the need to develop the NCCT as a Centre of Excellence, free ...