Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday led a warm and expansive tribute in the Rajya Sabha to Harivansh Narayan Singh, following his election to an unprecedented third consecutive term as Deputy Chairman, describing the outcome as a collective endorsement of his temperament, experience and inclusive approach to parliamentary functioning.
Rajya Sabha re-elects Harivansh as Deputy Chairman for a third term, with rare cross-party warmth and PM Modi highlighting his experience, discipline and consistent role in House proceedings.
The party made a scathing attack on him on Monday for his participation at the inaugural function of the new Parliament building on Sunday.
Yesterday, Chairman Venkaiah Naidu announced the suspension of eight opposition MPs for a week namely Derek O Brien, Sanjay Singh, Raju Satav, KK Ragesh, Ripun Bora, Dola Sen, Syed Nazir Hussain and Elamaran Karim.
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NDA candidate and JD(U) leader Harivansh Narayan Singh became the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha after securing 125 votes against 105 gained by opposition's candidate and the three-time Congress parliamentarian BK Hariprasad.
The BJD has nine MPs in the RS. Though it was already known that BJD would align with the NDA, a formal announcement was awaited.
Amit Shah called Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday and sought support for the August 9 election, Sena's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut said in Mumbai.
