Opposition INDIA bloc moves no-confidence motion against VP Jagdeep Dhankhar in Rajya Sabha
The vice president was ‘not listening to the Opposition and allowing the treasury bench MPs to make the wildest of charges’, said Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.
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The Opposition INDIA bloc has submitted a no-confidence motion against Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, said Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday, accusing the Rajya Sabha chairman of conducting the proceedings of the Upper House of Parliament 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,” Ramesh said in a social media post.
He added that the motion had been submitted to the Rajya Sabha secretary general.
Article 67(b) of the Constitution states that the vice president may be removed from his office if a resolution is passed by the Council of States, or Rajya Sabha, and agreed to by the House of the People, which is the Lok Sabha. “But no resolution for the purpose of this clause shall be moved unless at least fourteen days’ notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution,” it states.
The Winter Session of Parliament will end on December 20.
“We were forced to submit this no-confidence motion for the first time in the 72-year history of the Rajya Sabha,” Ramesh told PTI.
He said that Dhankhar was “not listening to the leader of Opposition; he is allowing the treasury bench MPs to make...
