"Not personal matter, raised voice against insult of Opposition leaders": Jairam Ramesh on no-confidence motion against RS Chairman

New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday that 60 MPs of the INDIA Bloc have signed the no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Speaking with ANI, Jairam Ramesh said they have only raised their voice against "insult of Opposition leaders" and they "being overlooked".
"This is not a personal matter. We have only raised our voice against the insult of Opposition leaders... All MPs of Opposition parties including Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) (NCP-SCP), Shiv Sena (UBT), Trinamool Congress (TMC), Samajwadi Party have signed this motion. Sixty MPs of Opposition have signed this motion," he said.
The Congress leader said it is the first time in the history of Rajya Sabha that opposition parties have submitted a no-confidence motion against Chairman, who is .
"This shows how the situation has worsened, the way he ran the House forced us to move this no-confidence motion. All Opposition parties have signed this motion which says that he is being biased," he said.
The Congress leader said that no-confidence motion against Speaker has been thrice submitted in the history of Lok Sabha and it has been done for the first time in Rajya Sabha.
"For the first time in the 72-year history of the Rajya Sabha, Opposition Parties have formally submitted a no-confidence motion against the Chairman. There have been three occasions, however, when a no-confidence motion has been moved against the Speaker of the Lok Sabha," he said in a post on X.
INDIA bloc parties on Tuesday submitted a no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha Chairman to the Secretary General of the Upper House.
"All parties belonging to the INDIA group have had no option but to formally submit a no-confidence motion against the learned Hon'ble Chairman of the Rajya Sabha for the extremely partisan manner in which he has been conducting the proceedings of the Council of States. It has been a very painful decision for the INDIA parties to take, but in the interests of parliamentary democracy they have had to take this step," Jairam Ramesh said earlier in a post on X.
Jairam Ramesh had said on Monday said that the Leader of the Opposition, Mallikarjun Kharge was not allowed to speak while Leader of the House and Union Minister JP Nadda got a "a number of chances to speak".
Rajya Sabha witnessed adjournments on Tuesday with the ruling party members asking Congress about "ties" with George Soros. Congress members accused the BJP of running away from a debate on the Adani issue.
The House was adjourned till 12 noon and then for the day. (ANI)