Rajya Sabha Chairman revokes suspension of Congress MP Rajani Patil from House
The MP was suspended from the House in February this year for videographing proceedings and violating rules.
On the first day of the special session of Parliament, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday informed the upper house that the panel of vice-chairpersons has been reconstituted with 50 per cent of women MPs.
The vice-chairpersons are eligible to preside over the House in the absence of the chairman or the deputy chairman.
“The House members are informed that the panel of vice-chairpersons has been reconstituted with effect from September 13, 2023. Honourable members will be happy to note that 50 per cent of the vice-chairpersons happen to be women,” Dhankhar said in the
Rajya Sabha.
Announcing the names of the new panel of vice-chairpersons with 50 per cent women MPs, the Rajya Sabha Chairman also mentioned that the number of women MPs in the panel may go higher in future.
The eight-member panel will now have four women members, including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs Kanta Kardam, Sumitra Balmik and Geeta alias Chandraprabha; and Biju Janata Dal’s Mamata Mohanta.
Besides, Congress’ Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Aam Aadmi Party’s Narain Dass Gupta, YSRCP’s V Vijayasai Reddy and Santanu Sen from Trinamool Congress were announced as other members of the panel.
The special session of Parliament is being held from September 18-22.
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