Chairman Radhakrishnan to hold maiden meeting with leaders of all parties in Rajya Sabha
It will be Mr Radharkrishnan’s maiden meeting with the leaders of all parties after he assumed charge as the Chairman of the Upper House.
It will be Mr Radharkrishnan’s maiden meeting with the leaders of all parties after he assumed charge as the Chairman of the Upper House.
He also criticised the government for not allowing important issues such as price rise and unemployment to be addressed, calling it a "sorry state of affairs".
The eight-member panel will now have four women members, including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs Kanta Kardam, Sumitra Balmik and Geeta alias Chandraprabha; and Biju Janata Dal's Mamata Mohanta.
The MP was suspended from the House in February this year for videographing proceedings and violating rules.
Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar will hold a dinner meeting for all Rajya Sabha floor leaders at his official residence in the national capital on Monday.
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs A V Muraleedharan, Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody and other senior officers of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat were present.
Naidu shared his thoughts and concerns with the participants on a range of issues including environmental protection, promotion of entrepreneurship among farmers.
He said he was ‘deeply pained’ on the ruckus and passed a motion of suspension against eight opposition MPs over their 'unruly behaviour.
Addressing an event in Delhi, he also said that good laws are made when parliament and assemblies are not called to endorse the views of the ruler of the day.
Modi also said the disruptions in the Rajya Sabha enabled Naidu to display his administrative expertise as the Chairman.
