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September 21, 2023 1:34 PM

RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar forms all-women panel of 13 Vice-Chairpersons in Upper House

In a historic move, the Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar constituted an all-women panel of Vice-Chairpersons in Rajya Sabha in view of the Women’s reservation Bill. The panel comprises 13 women Rajya Sabha Members only for today as the Rajya Sabha is discussing the Women’s reservation Bill which is called as Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam 2023. The panel includes P. T. Usha, Jaya Bachchan, Saroj Pandey, Dola Sen, Sulata Deo and Dr. Fauzia Khan. The Chairman emphasized that their presence ...

August 10, 2023 1:42 PM

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar convene all-party to discuss way forward on smooth conduct of business of Upper House

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar today convened an all-party meeting at his chamber in Parliament to discuss the way forward on smooth conduct of the business of the Upper House. Leader of the House and BJP leader Piyush Goyal, Jairam Ramesh and Pramod Tiwari of Congress, Keshav Rao of BRS, Tiruchi Shiva of DMK, Priyanka Chaturvedi of Shiv Sena (UBT), Binoy Viswam of CPI, Birendra Prasad Baishya of AGP, Jayant Chaudhari of RLD, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy of TMC attended the meeting....

August 10, 2023 7:01 AM

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar referrers breach of privilege complaint against AAP MP Raghav Chadha

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has referred the breach of privilege complaint against Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha to the Privileges Committee for examination. BJP MPs S Phangnon Konyak and Narhari Amin, M Thambidurai of AIADMK and Sasmit Patra of BJD had filed a complaint alleging that Mr. Chadha included their names in a motion moved by him in the Upper House without their consent. The motion was to send the Delhi Services Bill to a Select Committee. As per the &nb...

July 31, 2023 8:42 PM

RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar holds meeting with floor leaders of political parties, seeks cooperation

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar today convened an all-party meeting in his chamber to break deadlock in the Upper House. Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and Promod Tiwari, NCP leader Vandana Chauhan, BJD MP Sasmit Patra and JDU leader Anil Hegde among others attended the meeting....

July 27, 2023 2:01 PM

RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar chaired meeting of Business Advisory Committee in Parliament House

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar today chaired a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee in Parliament House. The meeting was attended by Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Leader of the House Piyush Goyal, BJP MP Sasmit Patra, Tiruchi Siva of DMK, V. Vijaysai Reddy of YSR Congress and others participated in the meeting. ...