Rajya Sabha Statements
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upper house of the Parliament of India
“ PM Modi and HM Shah, your silence on incidents like these in the Christmas season is deafening. Shame on you and your ilk.
Derek O'Brien,
PM Narendra Modi attends Christmas service, Opposition flags attacks…
“ There are 369 members in the GBA. If the government adds one nominated person for every 20,000 population, there would be another 369 members. This would create confusion.
S. Suresh Kumar,
Karnataka Assembly adopts GBA amendment Bill to add members
“ The Dehradun-Delhi Access Controlled highway with a total capital cost of Rs 11,868.6 crore is targeted for completion by October 2025.
Nitin Gadkari,
Delhi-Dehradun Expressway: When will it open? NHAI misses deadline,…
“ The country has lost an experienced Statesman, an able Administrator and a respected Parliamentarian. We deeply mourn the passing away of Shri Shivraj Patilji,
CP Radhakrishnan,
Rajya Sabha pays tributes to former HM Shivraj Patil
“ This is an insult to the House. You have to adjourn the House till the Cabinet Minister comes,
Jairam Ramesh,
Opposition protests absence of Ministers in Rajya Sabha, leads to…
“ I refer, with profound sorrow, to the passing away of Shivraj Patil Ji, a former member of this House who passed away today, the 12th of December 2025, at the age of 90 years,
CP Radhakrishnan,
Rajya Sabha pays tributes to former HM Shivraj Patil
“ I am pleased to share a moment of immense pride for our nation. Our festival of lights, Deepavali has been inscribed on Unesco's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan,
Inclusion of Deepavali in Unesco list moment of immense pride: Rajya…
“ This project will go a long way in providing a sustainable drinking-water solution to all rural habitations in these two districts,
Mallikarjun Kharge,
Kharge urges PM to approve ₹7,200-crore multi-village drinking water…
“ When there are economic challenges in front of the country, then to have a political discussion on the national song Vande Mataram is just an attempt to divert attention,
Mallikarjun Kharge,
Debate on Vande Mataram an attempt to divert attention from economic…
“ Let him (PM) do whatever he wants. We have no problem...Earlier, the Rajya Sabha issued a notification stating that Jai Hind and Vande Mataram would not be allowed,
Chief Minister,
Mamata says BJP leaders not aware of Bengal icons as Parliament…
“ We have demanded for discussion under Rule 267... What the Parliamentary Affairs Minister said, whatever the agenda is, it should get priority. Rule 267 says all other issues should be kept aside and…
Mallikarjun Kharge,
First Vande Mataram, then SIR debate, says Centre, as Opposition…
“ We told the government that they should come and announce that the discussion on SIR will be taken up on Wednesday in the Lok Sabha and then the Rajya Sabha… but they are not doing that,
Derek O'Brien,
No breakthrough in government-Opposition meeting on SIR discussion in…