Top 5 News Trends in India | December 16
Top 5 News Trends in India | December 16
From TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari resigning as MLA from the Bengal assembly to SC proposing a committee to resolve the farmer-government deadlock and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi walking out of a parliamentary panel meeting, here are top five stories for December 16.
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UPDATED: December 16, 2020 19:09 IST
Ahead of the next year’s West Bengal election, Suvendu Adhikari’s resignation as TMC MLA came as another blow to chief minister Mamata Banerjee. On the farmers’ protest front, the Supreme Court hinted it might form a panel to resolve the deadlock.
Rahul Gandhi, Congress members walk out of Defence House panel meeting
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Wasting Crucial Time Discussing Uniform : Rahul Gandhi Walks Out of Defence Parl Panel Meeting
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other parliamentarians of his party, including Rajeev Satav and Revanth Reddy, on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, alleging that the panel s time was being wasted in discussing armed forces uniform instead of the crucial issue of national security, sources said.
The former Congress president was barred from speaking at the meeting by panel chairman Jual Oram (BJP) when he sought to raise the issues of Chinese aggression and better equipping the soldiers at the border in Ladakh, they said.
Rahul Gandhi, Congress members withdraw from Defence Parliamentary Committee meeting
Gandhi was disallowed to speak at the meeting by the panel chairman Jual Oram (BJP) when he sought to raise the issues of Chinese aggression and better equipping the soldiers at the border in Ladakh, said Congress
PTI | December 16, 2020 | Updated 18:18 IST
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other members of his party on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, alleging that the panel s time was being wasted in discussing armed forces uniform instead of the crucial issue of national security, sources said. Gandhi was disallowed to speak at the meeting by the panel chairman Jual Oram (BJP) when he sought to raise the issues of Chinese aggression and better equipping the soldiers at the border in Ladakh, they said.
Citing waste of time, Rahul walks out of parliamentary panel meet on defence
Wed, Dec 16 2020 10:22:15 PM
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS): Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday walked out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, accusing the panel of wasting time by discussing uniforms instead of Chinese aggression and national security, sources said.
According to sources, Rahul Gandhi tried to raise the issue of Chinese agression and better equipping the soldiers on the borders with China in Ladakh, but he was not allowed to speak by the committee s Chairman Jual Oram.
The sources claimed that the committee was discussing the uniforms of the three armed forces in the presence of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, when Rahul Gandhi tried to intervene saying that the time of the panel was being wasted by discussing uniforms instead of Chinese agression on the borders and equipping the armed forces personnel in a better way.
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