Despite the stringent anti-defection laws, cross-voting or floor crossing is going on. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu recently commented that the anti-defection law must be amended to rectify the loopholes.
If BJP does not field any more candidates by tomorrow, these four nominees would be declared uncontested on four seats for which the last date of filing nomination is May 31 and withdrawal of nomination by June 3.
The AAP has fielded environmental activist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal and businessman-turned-philanthropist Vikramjit Singh Sahney for the Rajya Sabha polls from Punjab.
He said that he has joined the House for the nation’s betterment.
As against the scheduled 29 sittings, the House held 27 sittings including 10 during the first part of the Budget Session and 17 during the second part that concluded on Thursday.
election for Rajya Sabha seat is being held as the term of current MP Anand Sharma will expire on 2 April
In the Chair was Sasmit Patra who condemned the act of O'Brien for throwing rule book towards the Chair which could have hit any official.
Speaking to ANI, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that the Rajya Sabha will not function without the 12 suspended MPs. "We will conduct our Parliament session from this place only, they do not let the Parliament run," the Shiv Sena MP said.
Soon after the House re-assembled at 4 pm, opposition members started shouting slogans to press their demands, while Deputy Chairman Harivansh kept on urging the opposition members to take their seats and listen to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement on Nagaland incident.
Trinamool MP Shantanu Sen was seen on national television snatching the report right out of the Minister's hand, tearing it apart and then throwing the shredded pieces into the air.
