Saubhadra Chatterji is Deputy Political Editor at the Hindustan Times. He writes on both politics and policies.
Articles by Saubhadra Chatterji
Stalin calls mega Opposition meet in Chennai next week
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, Bihar’s deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, former CMs Akhilesh Yadav and Farooq Abdullah are among those to attend the meeting.
Updated on Mar 31, 2023 04:33 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Rahul Gandhi disqualified: Congress plans to scale up protest, get other parties on board
The Congress on Tuesday hit the streets, announced a series of protest programmes, including a “Jai Bharat Satyagraha”, and indicated wider Opposition action to protest against the disqualification of former party chief, Rahul Gandhi, from the Lok Sabha last week following his conviction in a criminal defamation case.
Updated on Mar 29, 2023 12:33 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Centre looks to push 3 key bills this Parliament session
In this tumultuous budget session, the government has transacted limited legislative business and cleared only the budget proposals in both Houses. It has introduced just one bill related to the defence services.
Updated on Mar 29, 2023 06:45 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Rahul Gandhi gets notice, told to vacate MP bungalow
Rahul Gandhi house: The Lok Sabha secretariat on Monday asked former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to vacate his official residence by April 22, after he was disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha due to his conviction in a criminal defamation case in Gujarat last week.
Published on Mar 28, 2023 12:39 AM IST
Deeksha BhardwajSaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Rahul, BJP trade punches on Adani, disqualification
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that he has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha because Prime Minister Narendra Modi “is scared of my next speech on Adani”.
Updated on Mar 26, 2023 04:52 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
‘I’m disqualified because PM is scared of my next speech on Adani’: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi said his disqualification from Lok Sabha will help the Congress as it has given the party new ammunition
Updated on Mar 25, 2023 02:57 PM IST
Day after conviction, Rahul barred from House for 8 yrs
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was on Friday disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha after 19 years as a lawmaker, a day after a Surat court pronounced him guilty of criminal defamation for a remark he made ahead of the 2019 general elections about the Modi surname
Published on Mar 24, 2023 11:54 PM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Rahul Gandhi tore ordinance in 2013 for 3-month protection from disqualification
Rahul Gandhi called the ordinance utter nonsense and suggested it should be torn into pieces before proceeding to do just that to a printout to prove his point.
Updated on Mar 24, 2023 01:41 AM IST
‘Allow Rahul to speak’: Cong on Parl impasse
A top-ranking official has been informally talking to Opposition leaders to broker a compromise formula under which the government and the Opposition are supposed to set aside their key issues for the smooth running of Parliament, said people aware of developments.
Published on Mar 22, 2023 11:49 PM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Constant disruptions in Parliament have been a challenge for 19 years
In 2018, the Rafale jet fighter deal was at the heart of disruptions in Parliament, with the Congress raising questions over how the deal was closed.
Updated on Mar 22, 2023 03:53 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
‘Guillotine’ on anvil as House logjam persists
All-party meetings scheduled by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday failed to break an ongoing deadlock between the government and Opposition that has jammed Parliament, hinting that the second half of the budget session might be headed towards a complete washout
Updated on Mar 22, 2023 02:56 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi
In letter to Om Birla, Rahul Gandhi cites 2015 case to give reply in Lok Sabha
In his letter, Gandhi said the BJP was throttling the right to speak and said it would be fair if he was given time to speak too.
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 01:14 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Mumbai project a factor in differences with NCP on Adani: Cong leaders
The comments came after the Trinamool Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) refused to sign a complaint against the Adani Group that was addressed to the Enforcement Directorate
Updated on Mar 20, 2023 02:02 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
BJP, Congress chiefs lock horns over Rahul Gandhi's democracy remarks
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda and the Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge crossed swords on Friday, with the former, in a statement questioning Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s motives in raising questions about India’s democracy on foreign soil.
Updated on Mar 18, 2023 04:01 AM IST
Smriti Kak Ramachandran and Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
‘Will speak in House if Indian democracy functioning’: Rahul amid UK speech row
Congress leaders have ruled out an apology by Rahul Gandhi, who met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and sought permission to respond in Parliament to the allegations levelled against him.
Updated on Mar 17, 2023 05:58 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Dhankhar meets Congress MPs in bid to end logjam
Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar met a Congress delegation led by Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday to end the ongoing impasse after three consecutive days of the second half of the budget session were washed out.
Published on Mar 16, 2023 01:08 AM IST
Budget session: Parliament logjam likely to stay; Opposition, govt remain at odds
Disruptions and protests washed out a second day of proceedings in Parliament on Tuesday as the government and the Opposition stuck to their demands, indicating that there was little possibility of an early resolution to the impasse jamming the second half of the Budget session.
Published on Mar 14, 2023 11:58 PM IST
Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Akhilesh to meet Mamata as opposition looks to bring 8 parties on board
The leaders of these parties wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 5 against what they saw as the ‘blatant misuse’ of central agencies, to work in unison. The Congress, which was not a signatory to the letter, does not figure in the plans.
Updated on Mar 15, 2023 06:07 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
TMC leader writes to Speaker over notice on ‘misuse’of probe agencies
Former Union minister and TMC leader Saugata Ray on Monday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, saying his notice to raise “misuse of agencies” in the House has been disapproved by “higher authorities”.
Published on Mar 14, 2023 12:47 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Congress plans to intensify protest over Adani issue
Along with other opposition parties, the Congress has been demanding a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe on the Adani-Hindenburg issue.
Updated on Mar 14, 2023 05:36 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Stormy start to Parliament over Adani, Rahul remarks
Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day amid protests from both sides.
Published on Mar 14, 2023 12:12 AM IST
Budget session resumes, Opposition strategy meet today
Opposition parties will meet on Monday at Congress president and Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge’s office to discuss their floor strategy.
Updated on Mar 13, 2023 07:07 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Parliament to resume today, V-P holds all-party meeting
Rajya Sabha chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar held a meeting with various floor leaders on Sunday, a day before the Budget session of Parliament was set to resume, and discussed several issues, including how disruptions can be curbed, even as Opposition members signalled they will keep raising issues to confront the government
Published on Mar 13, 2023 12:19 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji and Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi
‘Knowledgeable people…’: V-P Dhankhar defends attaching staff to committees
The Vice President said he had got inputs ahead of the March 7 decision from a number of members and chairpersons for parliamentary panels.
Updated on Mar 10, 2023 02:50 AM IST
‘Affront to nation’: V-P Dhankhar lambasts ‘Parliament’s mike put off’ claim
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said attempts to tarnish India’s Constitution and Parliament is too serious and not acceptable
Published on Mar 09, 2023 08:25 PM IST
Assembly election results: TMC expansion plan faces jolt
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) drew a blank in Tripura and won just five seats in Meghalaya in the just-concluded assembly elections in the northeast states
Published on Mar 02, 2023 08:30 PM IST
Congress enters Tripura, Bengal assembly in an otherwise lackluster show
The Congress, wiped out in Tripura in 2018 polls, returned to the assembly after 5 years with three seats and got its first seat in West Bengal after it drew a blank in 2021 election
Published on Mar 02, 2023 07:44 PM IST
Key Lok Sabha panel to meet ahead of second half of Budget session
A meeting of the Lok Sabha’s business advisory committee has been called on March 1, 12 days before the second half of the budget session begins.
Updated on Feb 28, 2023 03:22 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
‘Sonia Gandhi not retiring from politics’: Congress leader rejects speculation
Sonia Gandhi is not retiring from politics, Congress leader Alka Lamba said on Sunday, a day after the former party president said that she was happy that her innings could conclude with the Bharat Jodo yatra.
Updated on Feb 27, 2023 03:50 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, Raipur
Quota in higher judiciary to caste census, Congress draws outreach plan
The Congress party on Sunday promised to consider reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in the higher judiciary, earmark a portion of the general budget for them and include the poorer sections among them in the economically weaker section quota.
Updated on Feb 27, 2023 03:35 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, Raipur
