The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has asked the Lok Sabha Secretariat not to nominate 20 of its rebel MPs to parliamentary committees, citing ongoing disqualification proceedings against the lawmakers. TMC’s Lok Sabha leader Abhishek Banerjee has made the request as the process of reconstituting several parliamentary committees gets underway. The committees are periodically reshuffled, with political...
The celebration of Shiv Sena’s Foundation Day became a platform for an intense political confrontation between Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, highlighting the continuing battle for political legitimacy and influence within the party founded by Bal Thackeray. Both factions organized separate events to mark the party’s anniversary,...
A new political challenge appears to be unfolding within Shiv Sena (UBT) as reports of several party Members of Parliament travelling to New Delhi have intensified speculation about a possible split within the party’s parliamentary ranks. The developments have sparked discussions in Maharashtra’s political circles about whether a separate Lok Sabha group could emerge, potentially...