INDIA Bloc formally submits a no-confidence motion against the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar, tweets Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, accusing him of conducting house proceedings in an “extremely partisan manner". “It has been a very painful decision for the INDIA parties to take, but in the interests of parliamentary democracy, they have had to take this step. The motion has just been submitted to the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha,” said the Congress General Secretary in a post on X.
ALL parties belonging to the INDIA group have had no option but to formally submit a no-confidence motion against the learned Hon'ble Chairman of the Rajya Sabha for the extremely partisan manner in which he has been conducting the proceedings of the Council of States. It has…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 10, 2024
PTI report said that the motion has received signatures of support from about 60 opposition MPs -including from the Congress, RJD, TMC, CPI, CPI-M, JMM, AAP, and DMK. The minimum required number for moving a motion to remove the vice president is 50.
The notice was submitted shortly after chaos in both Houses - as Bharatiya Janata Party MPs and those from the opposition clashed over various issues, including alleged links between Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and businessman George Soros - prompted Parliament to adjourn for the day..
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