Delhi Services Bill: Key Meeting Called After 5 Rajya Sabha MPs Demand Privilege Motion Against Raghav Chadha

The select committee was proposed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha to examine the Delhi services bill.

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha has landed in a controversy after five Rajya Sabha MPs demanded to move a Privilege Motion against him, alleging that their names were included in a proposed select committee of the House for the Delhi services bill without their consent. The select committee was proposed by Chadha to examine the Delhi services bill.

A special committee meeting has been convened on Wednesday evening to look into the complaints of the five MPs - BJP's S Phangnon Konyak, Narhari Amin and Sudhanshu Trivedi, AIADMK MP M Thambidurai and BJD MP Sasmit Patra, sources informed ABP Live.

According to sources, Jagdeep Dhankhar, the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, has also acknowledged the breach of privilege case against the AAP MP.

When asked about the matter, Raghav Chadha told ANI, "I will give an answer to the Privileges Committee when they send a notice."

Speaking on the matter, M Thambidurai had told ANI, "I have given a letter to the Rajya Sabha Chairman referring to the Privilege Committee as to how my name is included in the motion, as I had not signed any document. Therefore, someone may have forged my signature."

Earlier on Monday, after the deputy chairman read out the names to be included in the proposed select committee, Home Minister Amit Shah informed that five members have complained that their names were included without their signatures in the proposal moved by the AAP leader and demanded that this issue be investigated, reported PTI.

Shah had termed it a breach of privilege of the House and said that the matter should be referred to the privileges committee.

"Who all have signed on their behalf is a subject of investigation," Shah had said and requested the Chair to record the statements of the complainant members.

Then three members, including Sasmit Patra of the BJD, M Thambidurai of the AIADMK and S Phangnon Konyak of the BJP, stood up and informed the House that their consent was not taken for the inclusion of their names in the proposed select committee.

Soon after, the deputy chairman said the complaints of the MPs will be probed, however, he did not indicate the agency for the probe and the timeframe for completing it.