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12 parties give notice of no-confidence motion against Dy Chairman; call him govt’s ‘rubber stamp’
Hundred members of 12 parties of the Opposition gave a notice of no-confidence motion against Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Harivansh Singh. The 12 parties have accused the Chairman of violating parliamentary procedures for passing farm bills swiftly and ignoring all demands by the Opposition of proper voting. The Opposition also accused the government of using the Chairman as a rubber stamp.
MPs from the Congress, Trinamool Congress, DMK, RJD, TRS, NCP, AAP, CPI, CPI (M), JD (S), IUML and Kerala Congress (Mani) passed the no-confidence motion against the Chairman.
However, Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkiah Naidu also rejected the no-confidence motion saying the motion was non-admissible under Article 90 of the Constitution.
Also read:Crucial farm bills passed in Rajya Sabha amid ruckus by Opposition who term it anti-farmer, pro-corporate
The motion read, When the agitated members, on being denied the right for a division on this crucial bill protested strongly pointing out how gravely the bill is against the farmer’s interest, the Deputy Chairperson packed the house with security personnel deliberately designed to overawe and outnumber the members of the opposition.
Senior Congress MP Jairam Ramesh tweeted, Deputy Chairman of RS has been a very close personal friend of mine for long. Till July 2017 he was a bitter critic of the PM, until his party abandoned the grand alliance in Bihar. Since then he has become an unthinking rubber stamp in the important position he occupies. Very sad.
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O? Brien tweeted, Yes. An Opposition MP broke a microphone in the Rajya Sabha. Today, BJP tried to break the back of yet another great institution of our democracy #Parliament. Basic rights of MPs guaranteed by Constitution snatched. No vote allowed in RS on #farmersbill.
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Hardik Patel quits Congress, says no youngster is willing to work, vote; accuses leaders of ‘enjoying in abroad’

Hardik Patel’s letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi
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BJP on course to retain power for 2nd straight term with CM Yogi Adityanath as CM again
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Early numbers reveal that the BJP has crossed the halfway mark with over 271 seats in Uttar Pradesh at 12:07 pm thus making its way to retain power for the second straight term in the state. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is all set to become the Chief Minister for the second time.
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Indian student killed during shelling in Ukraines Kharkiv
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An Indian student was killed during shelling in Ukraines Kharkiv on Tuesday morning, Ministry of External Affairs informed in the afternoon. The Ministry tweeted: ?With profound sorrow we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning. The Ministry is in touch with his family. We convey our deepest condolences to the family.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, videos showed extensive damage from the Russian military assault. One video showed the city’s largest government building blown up.
While the student is yet to be named by the MEA, sources in the Karnataka state government told The Quint that he had been identified as Naveen Shekhrappa, from Haveri district, Karnataka. The 21-year-old was a student of medicine at Kharkiv National Medical University.
The News Minute reported that Shekhrappa was standing in a queue at a supermarket in Kharkiv to buy food when Russian shelling began.
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