For the first time ever: INDIA Bloc moves no-trust motion against Rajya Sabha chairman
INDIA bloc on Tuesday submitted a notice to bring a motion in the Rajya Sabha for the removal of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, accusing him of 'partisan' conduct as chairman of the Upper House.
If the motion is accepted, these parties need a simple majority to get it passed. However, they do not have the requisite numbers in the 243-member House. Opposition members, however, insisted that it was a 'strong message to fight for parliamentary democracy'.
On behalf of the Opposition, Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Naseer Hussain submitted the notice, signed by 60 MPs from Congress, RJD, Trinamool, CPI, CPI-M, JMM, AAP, DMK, Samajwadi Party, to Rajya Sabha Secretary General PC Mody.
This is the first time that a notice for bringing a motion to remove the Vice-President has been moved in the Rajya Sabha. A 14-day notice has to be given and it should be approved by the Deputy Chairman before the motion is taken up. Opposition sources told ET that the motion has not been signed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the floor leaders of other parties.
Notices for the removal of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha have been submitted in the past, but this is the first instance of a motion against the Rajya Sabha Chairman.
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