Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Saturday said she could not remove the former BJP leader Jaswant Singh from the post of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), as there was no provision in the parliament proceedings to deal with such a scenario.
“There is a rule which states that if for any reason the Chairman is [...]
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LS Speaker denies having power to remove Jaswant Singh as PAC chief
September 27th, 2009 |
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Fool-proof security for Parliament
August 12th, 2009 |
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New Delhi: There would be fool-proof security for Indian parliament. A proposal in this regard was there before the earlier Committee on Security to introduce body scanners and some demonstrations were also held.
Officials said there was a need for such devices to make Parliament safe in view of the current situation and it was up [...]
SP demands Deora’s resignation over Ambani gas dispute
July 29th, 2009 |
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The dispute over gas distribution between the Ambani brothers echoed in Parliament with Samajwadi Party (SP) members led by party president Mulayam Singh Yadav, demanding Petroleum Minister Murli Deora’s resignation over the Centre’s failure to ensure gas supply to the Dadri Power project in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
Though neither Yadav nor the SP members named [...]