MP Priyanka Chaturvedi writes to RS Chairman over "political sloganeering by visitors", seeks action
UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has written to the Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar requesting urgent action against 'political sloganeering by visitors' in the House gallery on Thursday.
«I have written a letter to RS Chairman. When proceedings in the House were underway on September 21, visitors, especially females, were thronging the gallery.
Political slogans were raised from one of the galleries. The opposition parties had registered their protests with the Chairman, who had ensured to take strict action,» she told on Sunday.
«These visitors come on the invitation of MPs and are known to them.
They can only be called inside the visitor's gallery, and they do not have permission to interfere in the proceedings of the House or political sloganeering,» she asserted.
Expressing «grave concern and „deep disappointment“ in her letter over the incidents that unfolded in the Upper House of the Parliament on September 21 during the special session, she raised „serious questions“ about the enforcement of rules and regulations within the esteemed House.
»I must express dismay that, despite the Rajya Sabha's stringent security measures and the diligence of its marshals, an individual was able to indulge in political sloganeering. The incident occurred in clear violation of Rule 264, which explicitly outlines the conduct expected of individuals in the Visitor's Gallery during parliamentary sessions," she wrote in the letter.
Elaborating on Rule 264 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Rajya Sabha, Chaturvedi said, «Rule 264 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Rajya Sabha lays out the regulations for visitors.
