Expressing anguish over the no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against him in the Rajya Sabha recently, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said the notice was not even a vegetable-cutting knife and was rusted.
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.
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.
The sources said when the committee report is presented to the Rajya Sabha, the House will decide on Mr Sanjay Singh's suspension.
Kharge participated in the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to President Droupadi Murmu for her address to a joint sitting of Parliament on last Wednesday.
The AAP’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC) finalized their names for January 19 polls on Friday following a meeting convened by Delhi Chief Minister and party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
Briefing newspersons on the Winter Session of Parliament which concluded on Thursday night, he said, "They themselves came and said to suspend them. Congress Party has such a low-level strategy."
