The chairman has referred this matter to the privileges committee in opposition to Derek O’Brien.
New Delhi:
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has referred complaints associated to the privilege of the Home in opposition to TMC’s Derek O’Brien and AAP’s Raghav Chadha to the privileges committee for additional examination.
The Rajya Sabha secretariat mentioned the grievance in opposition to Mr O’Brien was filed by Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) members Laxmikant Bajpayee and Surendra Singh Nagar, whereas that in opposition to Mr Chadha was filed by Sushil Kumar Modi and Deepak Prakash.
“On consideration of the info, the Hon’ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha has referred the matter beneath Rule 203 of Guidelines of Process and Conduct of Enterprise within the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to the Committee of Privileges for examination, investigation and report,” in accordance with a bulletin issued by the Rajya Sabha secretariat late on Thursday evening.
The discover beneath Rule 188 of the Guidelines of Process and Conduct of Enterprise within the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) in opposition to Mr O’Brien was filed for repeated publishing of the clippings of his assertion made within the Home on July 20 via his verified private Twitter deal with, even though these have been expunged by the chairman.
“He allegedly amplified the expunged statements via a sequence of tweets posted frequently each day over per week and allegedly insulted the dignity of the Council and authority of the Chair,” the grievance mentioned.
The grievance in opposition to Mr Chadha dated July 25 alleges “intentional and deliberate act of presenting deceptive info to the media” on July 24 with respect to the suspension of “Sanjay Singh, Member, from the service of the Council for the remaining interval of the 260th (Monsoon) session of Rajya Sabha for his indecorous behaviour and repeated violation of instructions of the Chair”.
“The members have additionally alleged that the feedback made by Shri Raghav Chadha, Hon’ble Member, through the interview, whereby, he had inter-alia reportedly acknowledged that Shri Sanjay Singh, Hon’ble Member, would proceed to take a seat contained in the Chamber regardless of being suspended from the service of the Council violates the provisions contained beneath Rule 256 of the Guidelines of Process and Conduct of Enterprise within the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and are an affront to the authority of the Chair and an act of breach of privilege,” the discover mentioned.
One other discover of alleged breach of privilege collectively submitted by Dr Okay Laxman and S Phangnon Konyak in opposition to Mr Chadha refers to a information protection by a personal tv channel and alleges that the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) chief has grossly misrepresented the proceedings of the Home.
The chairman has referred this matter to the privileges committee too, the bulletin mentioned.
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