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Bill to remove jailed minister: Om Birla says names sought from parties on House panel
August 30, 2025 6:27 pm
At least four Opposition parties – TMC, SP and Shiv Sena (UBT), part of the INDIA bloc, and the AAP have decided not to participate.
Express View: New Bills on ministers with criminal charges are bad faith, bad law
August 21, 2025 9:04 am
To argue that ‘the people’ will decide if their ministers should run the government from jail subverts people’s rights. The Bills deserve to travel no further
P Chidambaram writes: Defiant push to change Constitution
December 29, 2024 10:44 am
Commentators described the BJP-led government as a ‘minority’ government that will force Mr Modi to be more circumspect and restrained. I did not share that view. They thought that Mr Modi will be more deferent to Parliament, but that too was belied by the Winter session.
P Chidambaram writes: Big blows for the Constitution
December 22, 2024 11:43 am
One Nation One Election and other changes intended by the BJP are worse: they threaten to undermine democracy and federalism. However, I am convinced that the strong spine of the Constitution and its robust and progressive spirit will ultimately prevail
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: In today's India, can the Constitution protect individual dignity?
December 18, 2024 1:14 pm
We have a politics that has created the sense of a permanent ascriptive majority and minority, with the latter demanding that the Constitution represent it as a social force. Can we survive this contradiction and keep some semblance of the Constitution?
Simultaneous polls Bill: Amendments in effect from date to be notified by President
December 14, 2024 5:29 am
According to the draft bill, Article 82 A, which is to be inserted, would be: “The President may by a public notification issued on the day of the first sitting of the House by the people after a general election, bring into force the provision of this article, that date of the notification shall be called the appointed date.”
One Nation, One Election: A blow to federalism, a challenge to implement
September 05, 2023 1:59 pm
It would require multiple constitutional amendments. Simultaneous elections are also an attack on the autonomy and independence of state governments
Debate on Sri Lanka's 22nd constitutional amendment may be stalled: Sources
October 04, 2022 11:45 am
The 22A is meant to undo the 20A adopted in 2020 which restored full executive powers to the then president Rajapaksa.
Accurate data on caste will aid govts in targeting policies, help parties to focus political outreach
August 12, 2021 8:53 am
Accurate data on the caste composition of the population is needed to maximise the gains of policies such as reservation in education and employment.
LS nod to Constitution amendment Bill to restore states’ powers on OBC list
August 11, 2021 2:39 am
This Bill, which will now be presented in Rajya Sabha, restores the states’ powers to make their own OBC lists by identifying and notifying socially and economically backward classes (SEBCs) for the grant of quota in jobs and admissions.
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