Opposition’s no-confidence motion against VP Jagdeep Dhankhar dismissed
The notice was ‘replete with assertions only to malign’ the vice president’, said the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman.
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Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh on Thursday rejected a no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition INDIA bloc against Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, calling it “severely flawed” and holding it as “an act of impropriety”.
The notice was “replete with assertions only to malign” the vice president, said the deputy chairman.
On December 10, Opposition MPs submitted the notice seeking the removal of Dhankhar, accusing him of conducting the proceedings of the Upper House of Parliament in an “extremely partisan manner”.
The notice was submitted under Article 67(b) of the Constitution, which 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.
Citing this rule, Harivansh said on Thursday: “Thus, December 10, 2024, notice of intention could permit such a resolution only after December 24, 2024.”
He pointed out that the Winter Session of Parliament will end on December 20.
The deputy chairman said that the Opposition had moved the resolution, despite knowing it cannot be brought before the House during...
