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SC rejects Adhir's plea for probe into Metro Dairy stake sale by Bengal govt
The Calcutta High Court had on June 13 dismissed the plea by Chowdhury, the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, asking for probing the stake sale
Opposition boycotted Tiranga bike rally, says Anurag Thakur; Congress retorts with 'will have our own celebrations'
The Tiranga Bike Rally for MPs was flagged off by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu along with Union ministers Pralhad Joshi and Piyush Goyal from Red Fort. It will culminate at Vijay Chowk
'Did Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury know Hindi when Pratibha Patil was President?' Smriti Irani hits out at Congress
A showdown took place between Sonia Gandhi and Smriti Irani in Lok Sabha last week over Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s ‘rashtrapatni’ remark. While the Congress alleges that BJP heckled their president, the saffron party claims that it was Sonia who spoke in a ‘threatening and angry manner’
'Last chance...bring placards in House will take strict action,' says Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
Om Birla revoked the suspension of four Congress members, after party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said it was not the intention of the Opposition to hurt the chair
Monsoon Session: Lok Sabha revokes suspension of four Congress members
The Congress members were suspended last Monday for the rest of the session for protesting and carrying placards inside the House
'Rashtrapatni' row: MP Police book Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury over objectionable remark on president Murmu
The complaint was filed by a BJP leader who claimed Chowdhury's remark 'hurt the sentiments of tribals.' Chowdhury on Friday wrote to Murmu & apologised to her for calling her 'rashtrapatni.' He said that it was a 'slip of tongue'
Smriti Irani's use of President's name without a prefix wasn't appropriate, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to Speaker
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged Irani was 'yelling' the name of President 'without prefixing Madame or Smt' during her address in the House, the manner which 'amounts to degrading the stature' of the highest office of the country.
'Slip of tongue': Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury apologises to president Murmu for 'rashtrapatni' remark
While talking to reporters on Wednesday, Chowdhury had used the word 'rashtrapatni' for president Murmu, which created a row with the ruling BJP raising the issue in Parliament, demanding an apology from him and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi
'No point in getting lost in maze of gender': Manish Tewari on 'rashtrapatni' remark row
Congress leader Manish Tewari Friday said anyone occupying a constitutional office is equally honourable and there is no point in "getting lost in the maze of gender".
'Rashtrapatni' row: BJP rejects Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's defence, calls him ‘anti-national, anti-tribal’
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that Chowdhury's defence that it was a slip of tongue was not true and that the use of the term 'rashtrapatni' was deliberate.
‘Rashtrapatni’ row: The debate on how the President should be addressed dates back to 1947
During a Constituent Assembly debate, in July 1947, an amendment called for replacing the word ‘Rashtrapati’ with ‘neta’ or ‘karandhar’. Ahead of Pratibha Patil’s term as President, the suggestion ‘rashtrapatni’ was made but it was not pursued
Rashtrapatni, kiraye ke tattu, and more: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is Congress’ ‘foot-in-mouth’ leader
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s list of faux pas is long. Calling President Droupadi Murmu ‘Rashtrapatni’ might be one of his gravest slips of the tongue
‘Rashtrapatni’ row: From ‘already apologised’ to ‘Sonia sanctioned humiliation’, who said what in war of words
While Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has maintained that he misspoke while referring to President Droupadi Murmu as 'rashtrapatni', a slew of BJP heavy hitters have taken aim at Congress chief Sonia Gandhi
Chowdhury's 'rashtrapatni' remark a deliberate sexist insult against President Murmu: Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sought Congress president Sonia Gandhi's apology before the nation and to the Rashtrapati for the insult by her party leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calls 'Rashtrapatni' comment a slip of the tongue, rules out an apology
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that the term was used only once by 'mistake' and that he never intended any disrespect to the president
He has already apologised: Sonia Gandhi on Adhir R Chowdhury's 'Rashtrapatni' remark against President Murmu
"He has already apologised," Sonia Gandhi said when asked whether she will ask Chowdhury to apologise for his remark
No question of apologising: Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on 'Rashtrapatni' remark against President Murmu
BJP MPs, including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, protested against the Congress leader on his 'Rashtrapatni' remark and demanded an apology from the Congress party
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says teachers' recruitment scam blot on West Bengal govt, urges Mamata to sack Chatterjee
In the letter, Chowdhury said that the scam is a 'huge blot' on the West Bengal government and the chief minister should immediately sack Chatterjee from ministership.
Congress courts controversy on Rajiv Gandhi’s death anniversary as Adhir Ranjan rakes up ‘When a big tree falls…’
The Congress leader quickly tried to distance himself from the entire issue by first tweeting ‘a malicious campaign is propagated by those forces inimical to me’ and then ‘The tweet against my name in the tweeter account has nothing to do with my own observation’
BJP MP gives breach of privilege notice against Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury over 'swimming pool in PM’s plane' remark
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury earlier claimed that there is a swimming pool in the prime minister's aircraft