The Islamic Consultative Assembly, also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Parliament currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 272 seats since the 18 February 2000 election. The most recent election took place on 26 February 2016 and the new parliament was opened on 28 May 2016. Read More
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday praised Opposition parties for cooperating with the chair in the "extraordinary" monsoon session of Parliament but said they had "political compulsions" to boycott the proceedings of the Lower House. ...
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Friday attended a protest in Amritsar against farm Bills that were recently passed in Parliament. ...
Raising objections against the Centre's passage of farm Bills in the Parliament, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said that these Bills are "anti-farmers" and added that it will make them "poorer". ...
Attacking the Centre over the agriculture sector reform Bills passed by the Parliament, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that these would "enslave our farmers" and extended support to the call for 'Bharat Bandh'. ...
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is opposing Agriculture bills as all 'cut money people' (middlemen) will vanish due to the legislations. ...
