INDIA bloc leaders in Rajya Sabha plan to bring no-confidence motion against Jagdeep Dhankhar: Sources
Sources said that the discussion are underway to bring the non-confidence motion in the Rajya Sabha after more than 50 MPs have signed the motion and the draft is ready.
The leaders of the INDIA bloc in the Rajya Sabha are preparing to bring a no-confidence motion against the Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. Opposition leaders claimed that more than 50 MPs have signed the motion so far. There is consensus on this among all the parties of the INDIA bloc.
Sources said that the discussion are underway to bring the non-confidence motion in the Rajya Sabha after more than 50 MPs have signed the motion and the draft is ready.
In the meantime, the leaders alleged that Rajya Sabha chairman discriminates against opposition leaders by allocating time, interrupting while opposition leaders are speaking.
They alleged that the Rajya Sabha chairman stops the opposition leaders without uttering a sentence against the opposition, he also tries to school opposition MPs. They alleged that the Rajya Sabha chairman only listens to treasury benches and not giving time to opposite leaders.
They said the opposition parties had required signatures from all INDIA bloc parties in August itself but did not move as they decided to give Dhankhar "another chance but his conduct on Monday" convinced them to go ahead with it.
The sources said the Congress had taken the lead on the issue and the TMC and the Samajwadi Party, besides other INDIA bloc parties, were supportive of the move.
In Rajya Sabha on Monday, soon after a brief first adjournment during Zero Hour, Leader of the House J P Nadda said BJP members were agitated over an issue that involved Congress leaders and wanted a discussion.
"The link between Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia-Pacific (FDL-AP) and George Soros is a matter of concern. Its co-president is a member of this House," he said.
JP Nadda alleged the FDL-AP sees Jammu and Kashmir as a "separate entity" and gets financial support from the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.
As Chairman Dhankhar sought to know why the ruling party members were protesting, many BJP MPs alleged that the top Congress leadership has links with George Soros. They demanded that the issue be discussed in the House as it is connected to national security.
Several MPs of the BJP and NDA allies demanded an immediate discussion on it while Congress members claimed this was being done to divert attention from the Adani issue.
Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge and other Congress leaders asked how the chairman was allowing the ruling party members to raise the issue when he had rejected their notices in this regard.
BJP's Laxmikant Bajpayee was given the floor to raise his Zero Hour mention and he started speaking on the issue of national security. INDIA bloc parties had in August this year also considered submitting a notice for moving a resolution to remove the vice president from his office.
According to Article 67(b) of the Constitution, "Vice-President may be removed from his office by a resolution of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) passed by a majority of all the then members of the Council and agreed to by the House of the People; 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."