Left, Right & Centre

A meltdown happened in Parliament as Rahul Gandhi took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP directly and repeatedly on a range of issues - from Hindu identity, the Agniveer scheme, Manipur, education and more. The BJP hit back, calling Rahul Gandhi's statements factually incorrect. In this episode of Left, Right & Centre, we debate the fiery face-off between Rahul Gandhi vs Unions Ministers and BJP MPs.

In an exclusive conversation with NDTV, Congress leader and senior Supreme Court advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, reacting to the new criminal laws said, "The new laws represent the implementation of retrograde steps, superficial changes and will result in 150 years of jurisprudence being thrown out of the window." Tune in to the full conversation on NDTV.

In an exclusive conversation with NDTV, senior Supreme Court advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, reacting to the new criminal laws, said, "New criminal laws represent a significant departure from an IPC routed in colonial mindset". Listen in to the full conversation on NDTV.

Three cases of roof canopy collapse have been reported across three different cities. Heavy rain was the common reason in all three cases. On Left Right and Centre, we discuss whether structural failures amid infrastructural push expose urban India's ugly reality.

 

Smiles and handshakes between rivals followed the re-election of Om Birla as Lok Sabha Speaker today. The rare moment of bonhomie was, however, short-lived and chaos returned after the newly-elected Speaker mentioned the "dark days of Emergency" and called for 2-minute silence. On the show tonight, discussion on the showdown over the speaker's remarks on the emergency. Have the parliament battlelines been drawn?

The BJP's ruling coalition and the Congress' INDIA opposition bloc will go head-to-head Wednesday in a battle for the Lok Sabha Speaker's post - arguably one of the most important in a parliamentary democracy and to be held for the first time in decades - after the two failed to agree on a consensus candidate. In this edition of Left, Right & Centre, we discuss, 'Speaker election face-off: Opposition pressure politics or Opposition belittled?'

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in US court to revealing military secrets in exchange for his freedom, ending his years-long legal drama, according to court documents released Monday night. Assange, who had been in custody in Britain, will plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national defense information, according to the document filed in court in the Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory in the Pacific.

The teen accused in the Pune Porsche accident case must be released from detention immediately, the Bombay High Court ruled today. The 17-year-old boy's late-night dash in a Porsche on May 19 left two 24-year-old engineers dead and sparked nationwide outrage. The court observed that the Juvenile Justice Board's order, remanding him in an observation home, was illegal and passed without jurisdiction. It clarified that the teenager is under rehabilitation and had been referred to a psychologist and these sessions will continue.

On the first day of the first session of parliament after Modi 3.0 came to power, there were jabs and counter-jabs by the government and the opposition. There may be a new reality in parliament with the opposition much stronger after these elections but that didn't stop the Prime Minister from being on the offensive. Tune in to Left, Right & Centre on NDTV.

In this week's Left, Right & Centre, we discuss the NEET paper leak mess. As investigators now spread out across the country to get a full idea of the extent of the NEET exam leak. NDTV decodes the exam mafia web.