JHARKHAND / Bhagalpur District, BIHAR :

In the Rajya Sabha the proceedings were disrupted as members of several parties stormed the well over various issues including India’s biggest bank scam and special package for Andhra Pradesh, as soon as the listed papers were laid.

Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu did not wait and adjourned the proceedings till 2:30 p.m. observing, “One week has gone waste. This is no good. This is sad.”

Before adjourning the house, Naidu announced the nomination of JD(U) member Kahkashan Parveen on the panel of presiding officers to conduct the proceedings of the House, making her the first woman to be included in the panel in the recent times.

The move came a day after the Women’s Day when several members demanded inclusion of a woman member in the panel, which was agreed to by the Chairman.

Parveen would replace Basawaraj Patil, whose term expires on April 2, Naidu said, adding that she has been a mayor and the chairperson of the Bihar Mahila Aayog.

When senior Congress member Viplove Thakur who had demanded the inclusion of a woman in the presiding officer’s panel, rose to thank him, Naidu, in a lighter vein, said he wanted to nominate Thakur, but she would have lost her voice in the panel.

“Viplove, in our language, means revolution,” he said.

When the Upper House reassembled to take up the Private Members’ Business, Pramod Tewari of Congress tried to raise a point of order on the issue of the banking scam.

However, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien disallowed him and instead asked him to persuade his protesting party colleagues to return to their seats from the well.

source: http://www.dnaindia.com / DNA / by DNA Correspondent / March 10th, 2018