The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Thursday amid huge protests by the Opposition after Leader of the House J P Nadda tore into the no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and the Congress leadership's alleged nexus with US businessman George Soros.
In the upper house of Parliament, Leader of the House and Health Minister J P Nadda, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju slammed the Opposition for a motion against Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar even as the Opposition members agitated on the Adani issue.
Nearly 60 Rajya Sabha members belonging to the INDIA bloc on Tuesday submitted a no confidence motion to the Rajya Sabha Secretary General against Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, accusing him of running the House in a “partisan manner”.
The Biju Janata Dal announced on Thursday that it will oppose the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which is currently under the scrutiny of a Joint Parliamentary Committee.
The bye-election to 12 seats in Upper House in nine states were necessitated following election of 10 members to the 18th Lok Sabha and two others due to resignation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the 2024 election had brought people’s approval not just for his government’s performance in the last 10 years, but also for its plans for the future, confirming that the NDA alone enjoyed people’s trust to serve them and realize their dreams.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the Opposition staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha during Narendra Modi’s reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address as he said the prime minister was “lying" in the House.
Attacking the NDA government over the NEET issue, Kharge said thousands of NEET aspirants were affected by the paper leak.
The 264th session of the Rajya Sabha will commence on June 27 and will conclude on July 3.
According to sources, there has been cross-voting as three independent MLAs and six Congress MLAs are said to have voted for BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan.
