Friday, December 11, 1998
Women's Bill stalled again amid uproarious scenes in LS
Introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill was stalled again in the Lok Sabha today amidst unprecedented pandemonium following clashes between supporters of the Bill led by Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee and its opponents in the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Samajwadi Party (SP).
BJP bows; Cong bags Deputy Speaker post
Let down by its allies and forced to bow to the arithmetics of the Lok Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today unwillingly conceded the Deputy Speaker's post to the Opposition thus bringing to an end the eight-month-long tussle.
Cong plays down Sonia-Gowda meet
The Congress today sought to play down the meeting between Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, and ruled out any tie-up with Gowda if he broke away from Janata Dal.
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