NEW DELHI: The fraught relationship between Rajya Sabha Chairperson and the opposition got here to the fore as soon as once more on Thursday, with Jagdeep Dhankhar leaving the Home for a while after an uproar and walkout by MPs not allowed to lift wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the Olympics.
Accusing the opposition events of “at all times difficult” him, Dhankhar mentioned they have been “crossing all limits” to create “anarchy” within the Home and disrespecting the status of the Chair.Cautioning Derek O’Brien particularly for “shouting on the Chair”, he mentioned the Trinamool chief would subsequent time be “proven the door”.
Chief of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge sought to lift Phogat’s disqualification, desirous to know “who’s behind it”, as quickly as proceedings started after tabling of the listed papers on Thursday. Dhankhar, nonetheless, disallowed it. He then informed O’Brien, who was up on his toes, that his conduct was unbecoming. “You (O’Brien) are shouting on the Chair. Your conduct is ugliest within the Home. I condemn your actions. Subsequent time I’ll present you the door,” he mentioned.
The opposition events then staged a walkout. “We’ve seen the darkish days… the ugliest part of democracy in the course of the Emergency… It begins with a problem to Parliamentary establishments,” Dhankhar mentioned.
“They (opposition) suppose they’re the one ones whose hearts are bleeding. The whole nation, from the President to the PM to myself and others, is feeling the ache due to our woman (Phogat),” he mentioned, including the opposition’s bid to “politicise” and “monetise” the matter was the “best disrespect” to the wrestler herself.
Chief of the Home J P Nadda additionally condemned the opposition’s disrespect for the Chair and democratic traditions, saying it merely didn’t have “stable” points to debate. The whole nation is behind Phogat he mentioned.
Expressing anguish that he was not getting the specified help from the opposition to run the Home regardless of him making all efforts, Dhankhar mentioned, “They don’t seem to be difficult me they suppose that the one who is sitting on this Chair is just not succesful.”
“I’m not working away from the oath. However what I’ve seen right now, the best way a member has behaved, the best way the opposition bench has behaved, I’m not discovering myself ready to take a seat right here for a while,” Dhankar mentioned, including he was leaving the Home “with a heavy coronary heart”.
Deputy Chairperson Harivansh then chaired the zero hour proceedings. Returning to the Chair round mid-way into the query hour, Dhankhar mentioned, “I left my seat to introspect. Having witnessed (the scene)… which I discovered was unprecedented, and indigestible.” He introduced he has known as a gathering of ground leaders at 1.30 PM to debate the matter.
Accusing the opposition events of “at all times difficult” him, Dhankhar mentioned they have been “crossing all limits” to create “anarchy” within the Home and disrespecting the status of the Chair.Cautioning Derek O’Brien particularly for “shouting on the Chair”, he mentioned the Trinamool chief would subsequent time be “proven the door”.
Chief of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge sought to lift Phogat’s disqualification, desirous to know “who’s behind it”, as quickly as proceedings started after tabling of the listed papers on Thursday. Dhankhar, nonetheless, disallowed it. He then informed O’Brien, who was up on his toes, that his conduct was unbecoming. “You (O’Brien) are shouting on the Chair. Your conduct is ugliest within the Home. I condemn your actions. Subsequent time I’ll present you the door,” he mentioned.
The opposition events then staged a walkout. “We’ve seen the darkish days… the ugliest part of democracy in the course of the Emergency… It begins with a problem to Parliamentary establishments,” Dhankhar mentioned.
“They (opposition) suppose they’re the one ones whose hearts are bleeding. The whole nation, from the President to the PM to myself and others, is feeling the ache due to our woman (Phogat),” he mentioned, including the opposition’s bid to “politicise” and “monetise” the matter was the “best disrespect” to the wrestler herself.
Chief of the Home J P Nadda additionally condemned the opposition’s disrespect for the Chair and democratic traditions, saying it merely didn’t have “stable” points to debate. The whole nation is behind Phogat he mentioned.
Expressing anguish that he was not getting the specified help from the opposition to run the Home regardless of him making all efforts, Dhankhar mentioned, “They don’t seem to be difficult me they suppose that the one who is sitting on this Chair is just not succesful.”
“I’m not working away from the oath. However what I’ve seen right now, the best way a member has behaved, the best way the opposition bench has behaved, I’m not discovering myself ready to take a seat right here for a while,” Dhankar mentioned, including he was leaving the Home “with a heavy coronary heart”.
Deputy Chairperson Harivansh then chaired the zero hour proceedings. Returning to the Chair round mid-way into the query hour, Dhankhar mentioned, “I left my seat to introspect. Having witnessed (the scene)… which I discovered was unprecedented, and indigestible.” He introduced he has known as a gathering of ground leaders at 1.30 PM to debate the matter.
