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Suspension of MPs: the rules, and the powers of presiding officers

Chakshu Roy, Indian Express, July 29, 2022
Over this week, the two Houses of Parliament have suspended 27 MPs between them, the latest being two AAP MPs and an independent MP from Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Lok Sabha has suspended four Congress MPs, and Rajya Sabha 23 MPs from the Trinamool Congress, DMK, TRS, CPI...
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The Real work that parliament plans to do

Chakshu Roy, Times of India, July 26, 2022
The differences between the government and the Opposition are hardening in the ongoing monsoon session. This week, Lok Sabha suspended four Members of Parliament (MPs) of the Congress for the rest of the session. The Rajya Sabha has suspended 19 members from different political p...
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Unsayable in the House

Chakshu Roy, Indian Express, July 19, 2021
Hemant Tukaram Godse is the Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) representing Nashik, Maharashtra. When the voters of Nashik first sent him to Parliament in 2014, he found himself in a peculiar position. His surname was considered unparliamentary. Parliamentary rules specify that presiding ...
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Stories in the story of presidential poll losers

Chakshu Roy, Indian Express, June 17, 2022
In July of 1987, Mithilesh Kumar Sinha was the most protected man in the country. The authorities housed the frail 67-year-old man in a Lutyens bungalow. Police officers surrounded him, and a doctor checked on his health regularly. He headed an organisation called the Goodman’s party, which wa...
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What’s parliamentary and unparliamentary language?

Chakshu Roy, Indian Express, July 15, 2022
Hemant Tukaram Godse is the Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) representing Nashik, Maharashtra. When the voters of Nashik first sent him to Parliament in 2014, he found himself in a peculiar position. His surname was considered unparliamentary. Parliamentary rules specify that presiding officers c...
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How Rajya Sabha polls came to be open ballot

Chakshu Roy, Indian Express, June 3, 2022
The foundation of free and fair elections is the secrecy of the ballot. The Rajya Sabha elections are unique in that respect, where voting is not secret. The MLAs elect their state Rajya Sabha MPs, and as the process stands now, have to show the votes to their party’s representative....
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Anti-defection law doesn’t work at crunch time. It needs to be scrapped

MR Madhavan, Times of India, July 2, 2022
The complexities of the anti-defection law have surfaced again in the recent developments in Maharashtra. There are several questions that need to be decided. Can the Speaker (or in his absence, the deputy Speaker) decide on a disqualification petition while a no-confidence motion is pending against...
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