The Congress-led opposition moved a no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday, the first such incident in the country’s Parliamentary history.
Congress Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and general secretary in-charge communications, Jairam Ramesh said all parties belonging to the INDIA group have had no option but to formally submit a no-confidence motion against Dhankhar for the “extremely partisan manner in which he has been conducting the proceedings” of the House.
“It has been a very painful decision for the INDIA parties to take, but in the interests of parliamentary democracy they have had to take this step,” he said.
The signatories included members of parliament representing the Congress, the Trinamool Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Samajwadi Party, the DMK and the RJD.