The protest outside the residences of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs and MLAs is to mark the one year of the promulgation of these laws as ordinances by the Centre, the official said.
Treasury bench more serious in attending LS than opposition, Rahul has only 56% attendance
Between June 2019 and September 2020, according to PRS Legislative Research data, out of the 26 MPs with full attendance, BJP had 21 while Congress had 2.
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New Delhi: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs seem to have taken the Parliament more seriously in the ongoing 17th Lok Sabha than the opposition, including Congress, which is duty-bound to question government policies and check legislation.
Out of the 26 MPs who recorded 100 per cent attendance in the Lok Sabha between June 2019 and September 2020, according to PRS Legislative Research data compiled by ThePrint, 21 belonged to the BJP, which has 303 MPs in the Lower House.
Updated Feb 13, 2021 | 07:37 IST
Taking aim at the Central government over the controversial farm laws, he once again iterated that the legislations have been brought to benefit only two people in the country. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi | Photo Credit: PTI
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In Lok Sabha yesterday, I urged all the MPs to observe a 2-minute silence for the 200 farmers who were martyred: Rahul Gandhi
The Opposition MPs observed the silence but no BJP MP stood up for it. It is shameful: Rahul Gandhi
Jaipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs in the Lok Sabha for refusing to observe a two-minute silence for the farmers who have died during the ongoing anti-farm law protests at Delhi borders.
Addressing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs at an event here to mark the 53rd death anniversary of Deendayal Upadhyay, a party ideologue who had founded its progenitor Jana Sangh, Modi said the saffron party always puts