New Delhi, December 19: The notice of no-confidence motion brought by the opposition against Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar was rejected by Deputy Chairman Harivansh on the grounds that a 14-day notice was not given and Dhankhar’s name was not written correctly. This is being seen as a big setback for the opposition.
According to sources, in his decision presented in the House by Rajya Sabha Secretary General PC Modi, the Deputy Chairman said that this is an inappropriate act. It has serious flaws and it is a hasty step to damage his reputation.
Sources said, “The impeachment notice is part of a conspiracy to defame the constitutional institutions of the country and defame the current Vice President.”
Sources said that Deputy Chairman Harivansh said that this motion was brought to create a narrative against the person sitting on the second highest constitutional post in the country.
He told that a joint press conference was also organized to create a narrative against the Vice President. Explaining the reasons for the rejection, Harivansh said the 14-day notice, which is mandatory for moving such a motion, was not given. Dhankhar’s name was also not spelt correctly, he said. However, one protocol that was followed correctly was that the motion should have had the signatures of 60 MPs when it was moved last week.
The motion, moved under Article 67(b) of the Constitution, was also supported by the Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress and Aam Aadmi Party, which have been at odds with the Congress several times during this parliamentary session.
The article mentions the 14-day rule, which says, “The Vice-President may be removed from his office by a resolution passed by a majority of all the then members of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and concurred in by the House of the People but no motion for the purpose of this clause shall be moved unless a notice of at least 14 days has been given of the intention to move the motion.”
The Deputy Chairman said that in view of the above, this notice is considered to be an act of impropriety, seriously flawed, clearly prepared in a hurry and haste to damage the reputation of the sitting Vice President. Its aim is to harm the constitutional institution. It deserves to be dismissed, hence it is dismissed.
