New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): As Droupadi Murmu took oath as the President of India on Monday, the Centre and Opposition parties locked horns over the seating arrangements of the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in the Central Hall of the Parliament during the swearing-in ceremony.

New Delhi Mar 31 PTI Stepping up the attack against the government over steep hike in fuel prices Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the rise in petrol and diesel prices has been unprecedented and demanded its roll back Leading a protest by Congress MPs on the issue at Vijay Chowk here he said prices of petrol and diesel have risen nine times in the last 10 days and the common man is the most affected due to thisCongress MPs from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha carrying placards raised slogans against the government and sat on a dharna against the fuel price hike Among those present included Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Our demand is that the government should control prices and stop raising petrol and diesel prices Gandhi said while noting that the poor and middle class have been worst hit by the hikeWe can see that petrol and diesel prices are climbing rapidly The government is making thousands of crores from this The Congress is protesting across the country against this price rise of petrol and diesel The government has to stop doing this It has to ensure that prices do not rise he saidI had said that when elections will be over the prices of petrol and diesel will be rising and had asked people to fill up their tanks he saidThis level of price rise in petrol and diesel has been unprecedented he said while accusing the government of stealing the money from the poor and handing it over to industrialistsThe Congress is also launching a week-long countrywide protest against inflation and rise in fuel prices Petrol and diesel prices were on Thursday hiked by 80 paise a litre each taking the total increase in rates in the last 10 days to Rs 640 per litre Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending upon local taxation This is the ninth increase in prices since the ending of a four-and-half-month long hiatus in rate revision on March 22PTI SKC DV DV

New Delhi Mar 31 PTI Congress MPs led by Rahul Gandhi on Thursday staged a protest against the fuel price hike at Vijay Chowk here and sought its roll back Congress MPs from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha carrying placards raised slogans against the government and sat on a dharna against the rise in price of petrol diesel and LPG gas Among those present included Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury The Congress is also launching a week-long countrywide protest against inflation and rise in fuel prices Petrol and diesel prices were on Thursday hiked by 80 paise a litre each taking the total increase in rates in the last 10 days to Rs 640 per litre Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending upon the incidence of local taxation This is the ninth increase in prices since the ending of a four-and-half-month long hiatus in rate revision on March 22PTI SKC SRY DV DV

New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said that no political parties in the country should politicise religion or caste.

New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that Congress will raise a number of issues, including inflation, unemployment and evacuation of the students from Ukraine, in the second part of the Budget session in Parliament, beginning from tomorrow.

New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday lashed out at the Centre and said that the Election Laws 2021 amendment bill was passed without any "discussion or debate"; called it "mockery of democracy".

New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday alleged that the Central Government has been reducing the budget of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ever since it came into power.

New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): A Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP on Monday said that the TMC is unlikely to attend the meeting called by the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, to deliberate on the future course of action to resist the government's "authoritarian decision".

New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi arrived at Parliament today ahead of the commencement of the winter session.

New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Leaders of Opposition parties on Monday attended the meeting called by Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge to "create a consensus" over the issues to be raised in the winter session of the Parliament commencing today.