Rajya Sabha Ruckus: Dhankhar Asks Privilege Panel To Probe 'Disorderly Conduct' Of 12 Congress, AAP MPs

According to a Rajya Sabha bulletin, the Congress has nine MPs and the Aam Aadmi Party has three (AAP).

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.

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Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday requested that a parliamentary committee probe the alleged breach of privilege by 12 opposition MPs from the Congress and AAP for continually entering the House's well, screaming slogans, and blocking its business, news agency PTI reported.

According to a Rajya Sabha bulletin, the Congress has nine MPs and the Aam Aadmi Party has three (AAP).

Rajya Sabha chairman refers to House panel issue of alleged breach of privilege by 12 opposition MPs for disorderly conduct: Bulletin

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Shaktisinh Gohil, Naranbhai J Rathwa, Syed Nasir Hussain, Kumar Ketkar, Imran Prattapgarhi, L Hanumanthaiah, Phulo Devi Netam, Jebi Mather Hisham, and Ranjeet Ranjan are the Congress MPs.

Sanjay Singh, Sushil Kumar Gupta, and Sandeep Kumar Pathak are AAP members.

In the bulletin dated February 18, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat said, "...the Chairman...has referred a question of alleged breach of privilege arising out of gross disorderly conduct displayed by (the MPs)....in violation of rules and etiquette of Rajya Sabha by repeatedly entering the well of the council, shouting slogans and persistently and wilfully obstructing the proceedings of the council, compelling the Chair to repeatedly adjourn the sittings of the Council." 

During the first leg of the Budget Session, which ended earlier this month, the Rajya Sabha was often disrupted by demonstrations by opposition MPs over a variety of concerns.

In another notice, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat said, "...members are informed that the Chairman, Rajya Sabha has referred a question of alleged breach of privilege arising out of non-adherence to the directions of the Chair vis-a-vis repeated submission of identical notices under rule 267 by Shri Sanjay Singh, Member, Rajya Sabha, under rule 203 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to the Committee of Privileges for examination, investigation and report." 

(With Inputs From PTI)