New Delhi, December 9
Amid ongoing strained relations between Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and the ‘India’ alliance, opposition sources on Monday said that it was “too early” for the INDIA alliance to move a motion to remove Dhankhar from the post of vice-president. is being considered The alliance leaders allege that Dhankhar is adopting an alleged biased attitude towards the opposition as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
He said that the opposition alliance was earlier in August preparing to get signatures from all the parties of the ‘India’ block in this regard but later they decided to give Dhankhar another chance but on Monday he (Dhankhar) “Behaviour” they have decided to take this step.
Sources said the Congress had taken the initiative on the issue and the Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party and other parties of the ‘India’ alliance were supporting the move. When the proceedings of the House were briefly taken up for the first time during zero hour in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, Leader of the House BJP’s JP Nadda said that the BJP members were angry over an issue involving Congress leaders and wanted to discuss the matter. . He said, “The relationship between the Forum of Democratic Leaders in Asia-Pacific (FDL-AP) and George Soros is a matter of concern. One member of this house is its co-president.
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Several MPs from BJP and NDA allies demanded an immediate discussion on it while Congress members claimed that it was being done to divert attention from the Adani issue. Leaders of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh and Pramod Tiwari etc. asked how the Chairman is allowing ruling party members to raise the issue when he has already rejected their notices in this regard. He accused Dhankhar of bias.
In view of all this, the ‘India’ coalition is considering to bring a resolution against Dhankhar. According to Article 67(b) of the Constitution, “The Vice-President may be removed from office by a resolution of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) passed by a majority of all the members then present in the Council and therefore by the people. According to the clause, at least fourteen days’ notice must be given for this. -News-Patiala