The BJP-led NDA has won 16 out of the 28 Legislative Council seats for which elections were held in four states. The ruling alliance won all four seats in Karnataka, six out of 11 in Uttar Pradesh, four out of eight in Bihar, and two of five in Maharashtra.
Unlike elections for Members of the Leg...
The monsoon session of Parliament was expected to be a stormy one. The Opposition had signalled that it wanted to corner the government on the NEET paper-leak issue and misappropriation of donations in Ram Mandir. The country hoped that our parliamentarians would constructively debate pressing natio...
Parliament’s work is the focus of national attention. The Union Budget gets wall-to-wall coverage, and laws passed by our national legislature are scrutinised intensely. The pageantry associated with Parliament and its proximity to the national media have crowded out developments in state legi...
In the third week of June, the West Bengal and Tamil Nadu legislative assemblies will meet for their Budget session. The general public and political observers will be closely watching these legislative proceedings to see how the new governments address campaign promises made during elections.
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In March 1993, a month into becoming Chief Justice of India, Justice M N Venkatachaliah faced a constitutional crisis. The apex court had ordered Dr H Borobabu Singh, the Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, to appear before it, and the Speaker repeatedly refused. The apex court and the Spea...