Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar extended his greetings to the members of the House for the upcoming festivals, including Christmas, Pongal, Lohri and others, and suggested that there is a need to be vigilant of the rising cases of Covid pandemic and take necessary precautions.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla wear a mask as the proceedings of the Parliament begin today. Few other MPs have also been seen wearing masks in the wake of a sudden surge in cases in China and other countries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday enjoyed a millet lunch at Parliament along with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other MPs.
Fifty years ago, the day marked the largest military surrender after the Second World War, as 93,000 soldiers of the Pakistan Army laid down their arms before the Indian forces -- resulting in the liberation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar urging them to suspend today's Parliamentary business to discuss women's safety issues as Friday marked 10 years of Nirbhaya gang rape.
Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil has written to Vice President and the chairman of the Upper House, Jagdeep Dhankhar, underlining the lack of 'precaution' in the ongoing construction of the new Parliament building as part of the Central Vista project.
Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday led the nation in paying tributes to the security personnel and victims who lost their lives while defending the Parliament 21 years ago.
He added, "They are not even backed by RTI (Right to Information). They are a lot of cases when you go for fact-checking and it would come out with fake claims. There is a senior member in the House in the front."
After Rajya Sabha member PT Usha became the first woman chief of the Indian Olympic Association, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday lauded the athletics legend and said that her "contributions are bound to be inspiring and motivating."