Parliamentary proceedings: Dhankhar says adjournment notices being weaponised as mechanism of disruption
The Hindu
Rajya Sabha Chairman criticizes weaponization of adjournment notices amid protests over corruption allegations and other issues.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday (November 29, 2024) said adjournment notices under Rule 267 of the House are being "weaponised" as a mechanism of disruption before adjourning the proceedings till Monday amid Opposition parties protest over corruption allegations against the Adani Group, and other issues.
Like the previous three sittings of the ongoing Winter Session, the House could not take up scheduled business on Friday as well and the House proceedings were adjourned within minutes of the assembly.
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Opposition MPs started the protest soon after the Chairman announced that he had accepted their 17 notices for suspension of scheduled business and take up issues related to corruption allegations against the Adani Group, violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, and Manipur.
"...these issues have been raised repeatedly during the week with the result that we have already lost three working days. The days that should have been committed by us for public cause," Dhankhar said.
The Chairman said the loss of time, opportunity and question hour has given enormous setbacks to the people at large.
"Now, I find honourable members and I call upon you for deep reflection. Rule 267 is being weaponised as a mechanism of disruption and disruption from our normal working. There are very senior members," he said.
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