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Opposition finds its voice to protest against rise in petrol, diesel prices

The Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav threatened a 5-km cycle yatra by party workers across Bihar's villages on July 5 if the Centre did not reduce oil prices by Rs 20

Trustees of PM CARES appoint SARC & Associates as auditor of fund

Opposition parties have questioned how the PM CARES Fund is being kept out of the audit purview of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

Fiscal stimulus package fails to provide succour to the poorest: Opposition

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said the need of the hour was to put money into the pockets of the people, particularly the poorest 130 million people

Opposition leaders write to Prez expressing concern over workers' lives

In their letter to the President, the Opposition leaders raised the issue of labour laws being nullified and hard-won democratic rights of a vast majority of Indian people people being compromised

Why can't Congress recognise the realities and offer realistic solutions?

Rahul Gandhi's two recent video performances offer little hope - the first fell flat in attacking govt 'strategy'; and the second showed him in a position unbecoming of a leader - writes T N Ninan

When Yeddyurappa spoke against faith profiling and earned kudos from Oppn

Shobha Karandlaje, Yediyurappa's political confidante and Udupi-Chikmagalur MP, led the anti-Muslim chorus

Covid-19 crisis: Modi dials former presidents, PMs; and opposition leaders

Modi is scheduled to meet floor leaders of all political parties in Parliament on Wednesday

Lok Sabha adjourned till noon amid uproar over Hegde's Gandhi remarks

Mostly members from the Congress, DMK and NCP sought to raise the issue of Hegde's remarks but Speaker Om Birla did not allow them

Authority an illusion, India needs better Opposition, says Abhijit Banerjee

He advocated that the people living in abysmal poverty should be encouraged by giving them assets and freebies.

Tharoor slams govt over economy, expresses concern over fiscal slippage

Participating in the debate on Supplementary Demands for Grants, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that the manufacturing growth has come down to average of 3 per cent in the last five years

Oppn slams govt over slowdown, Manmohan says 'precarious state of economy'

The former PM said many industrialists have told him that they live in fear of harassment by government authorities

Letter to BS: Where is the Opposition in a diverse democracy like India

There is no palpable evidence yet to suggest that the grand old party of India has learnt its lessons from the humiliating debacle in the 2019 Lok Sabha election

Opposition accuses govt in LS of pushing through Bills without consultation

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said Bills are being brought in the House without giving proper information

Letter to BS: A good Oppn must highlight positive, negative points in govt

It is time for the Congress party to devise a strategy to win back its popularity by creating and sharing a vision to meet the aspirations of young India

Rise of the Opposition

Will the Opposition's move to checkmate the BJP yield results? A year is a long time but the trends are not promising.

On R-Day, Oppn tries another unity bid against BJP to 'save' Constitution

It started from Oval Maidan near the state secretariat and concluded at the Gateway of India in South Mumbai

Opposition leaders call for joint Prez candidate, common minimum programme

New Delhi, 1 MayThe emphatic win of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has led to much churn among Opposition parties, awakening them to the need for unity and even be willing to shed long held ideological positions in a spirit of accommodation.This was evident today as prominent Opposition leaders met to advocate "unity of progressive forces" to "fight the challenge to the democratic and secular character of the Constitution by the Sangh Parivar."Leaders like Communist Party of India (Marxist) chief Sitaram Yechury said fielding a common presidential candidate would be the acid test of Opposition unity. The Communists have had deep ideological differences with the Congress party and socialists, but Yechury instead recounted the several points of congruence and their shared history. On issues like 'triple talaq', Yechury said it was arbitrary and all religions should follow a uniform civil code, where not just 'triple talaq' but also abandoning one's wife without 'talaq', or divorce, ..

Congress in RS alleges CBI, ED being misused against non-BJP CMs

Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said govt is protecting its CMs who face 'money laundering' accusations

Don't mislead Parliament: Oppn punches hole in govt's claims on bad loans, black money

Yechury says, FM Jaitley's clarification in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday about NPAs was incorrect and accused him of having misled Parliament