NEW DELHI: Facing opposition ire after he disallowed their adjournment notices, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday stated his purpose behind long adjournments was once to advertise a sense of collective responsibility amongst members to minimise pressured disruptions.
He additionally expressed fear over the "negative public perception" that was once being created by those disruptions which were adversely impacting the picture and credibility of the House.
Naidu's remarks came after the Rajya Sabha was once adjourned twice until overdue afternoon today because of protests by opposition members including those from the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, who alleged that their voice was once being "muzzled".
Later, they boycotted the remaining day's complaints and in addition wrote to the Chairman expressing their anguish. They were protesting it sounds as if against the adjournment of the House straight until 2 PM, mins after it had assembled at 11 AM, thereby doing away with the Zero Hour and all of the Question Hour when issues of public significance are raised.
Naidu stated he was once dedicated to permit all members to lift any factor as consistent with laws and procedures and "none should have any misgiving about that."
Apparently pointing to the opposition leaders, he stated some members have no longer properly understood his fear and anguish over the functioning of the House.
"My intention in doing so is to promote a sense of collective responsibility in minimising or doing away with such forced frequent disruptions. When members and parties realise that they would ultimately be the losers of such disruptions and adjournments, they would talk to each other and enable better functioning of the house," he stated within the House within the afternoon.
"I realise some members have perhaps not properly understood my concern and anguish over the functioning of the House. I would like to reiterate again that it would be my commitment to allow any issue to be raised by anybody as per rules and procedures and nobody should have any misgivings about that," he stated.
The Rajya Sabha Chairman stated he was once deeply curious about the "negative public perception of this august House" because of pressured adjournments and that too moderately frequently over time.
Noting that the disruptions "frequently follow a pattern", he stated it was once aimed at no longer permitting the House to function easily, by some means.
Elaborating on the trend of disruptions, Naidu stated he has admitted a total of 42 0 hour admissions during the last 3 operating days and noticed that of those, just one member could make a submission.
"Another aspect of this pattern is that first zero hour is disrupted and then even question hour when the members get an opportunity to question the government, that is also disrupted," he stated.
The Chairman identified that on many occasions over time, the House gets adjourned a number of occasions between 11 am and 1.00 pm.
"In this era of TV explosion, such frequent adjournments are adversely impacting the image and credibility of this house," Naidu stated.
"In this backdrop, I thought it would be better to adjourn the House for a longer period instead of resorting to frequent adjournments. That too, when it becomes evident that some sections of the House were bent on not allowing smooth conduct of the House," he stated.
Naidu stated he discussed this fear with Deputy Chairman P J Kurien earlier within the day and later with the ground leaders of events and instructed them to make sure smooth habits of the complaints.
"I also told the leaders that if proceedings were disrupted at the start, I would be left with no option but to adjourn the House till lunch," he stated.
Naidu poured out his anguish hours after opposition members led by Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad and Derek O'Brien of TMC protested over the long adjournments.
They additionally did not conform to Dy Speaker Kurien's advice to meet the the Chairman in his chamber and resolve the impasse. "I would request you to be in he Chairman's Chamber. I cannot resolve (the issue) here," stated Kurien.
But, O'Brien pressed for an open debate within the House, announcing "Whatever has happened at 11.10 AM did not happen in the chamber, but here only."
Azad stated the Chairman's action was once against the established laws, regulation and procedures and alleged that "nobody can run the House according to his whims".
"Let every one speak for one minute only," he stated, adding "our voice is muzzled outside and even inside."
Several different opposition members were additionally on their feet, demanding debate over a realize moved under rule 267 that was once earlier rejected by the Chair.
He additionally expressed fear over the "negative public perception" that was once being created by those disruptions which were adversely impacting the picture and credibility of the House.
Naidu's remarks came after the Rajya Sabha was once adjourned twice until overdue afternoon today because of protests by opposition members including those from the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, who alleged that their voice was once being "muzzled".
Later, they boycotted the remaining day's complaints and in addition wrote to the Chairman expressing their anguish. They were protesting it sounds as if against the adjournment of the House straight until 2 PM, mins after it had assembled at 11 AM, thereby doing away with the Zero Hour and all of the Question Hour when issues of public significance are raised.
Naidu stated he was once dedicated to permit all members to lift any factor as consistent with laws and procedures and "none should have any misgiving about that."
Apparently pointing to the opposition leaders, he stated some members have no longer properly understood his fear and anguish over the functioning of the House.
"My intention in doing so is to promote a sense of collective responsibility in minimising or doing away with such forced frequent disruptions. When members and parties realise that they would ultimately be the losers of such disruptions and adjournments, they would talk to each other and enable better functioning of the house," he stated within the House within the afternoon.
"I realise some members have perhaps not properly understood my concern and anguish over the functioning of the House. I would like to reiterate again that it would be my commitment to allow any issue to be raised by anybody as per rules and procedures and nobody should have any misgivings about that," he stated.
The Rajya Sabha Chairman stated he was once deeply curious about the "negative public perception of this august House" because of pressured adjournments and that too moderately frequently over time.
Noting that the disruptions "frequently follow a pattern", he stated it was once aimed at no longer permitting the House to function easily, by some means.
Elaborating on the trend of disruptions, Naidu stated he has admitted a total of 42 0 hour admissions during the last 3 operating days and noticed that of those, just one member could make a submission.
"Another aspect of this pattern is that first zero hour is disrupted and then even question hour when the members get an opportunity to question the government, that is also disrupted," he stated.
The Chairman identified that on many occasions over time, the House gets adjourned a number of occasions between 11 am and 1.00 pm.
"In this era of TV explosion, such frequent adjournments are adversely impacting the image and credibility of this house," Naidu stated.
"In this backdrop, I thought it would be better to adjourn the House for a longer period instead of resorting to frequent adjournments. That too, when it becomes evident that some sections of the House were bent on not allowing smooth conduct of the House," he stated.
Naidu stated he discussed this fear with Deputy Chairman P J Kurien earlier within the day and later with the ground leaders of events and instructed them to make sure smooth habits of the complaints.
"I also told the leaders that if proceedings were disrupted at the start, I would be left with no option but to adjourn the House till lunch," he stated.
Naidu poured out his anguish hours after opposition members led by Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad and Derek O'Brien of TMC protested over the long adjournments.
They additionally did not conform to Dy Speaker Kurien's advice to meet the the Chairman in his chamber and resolve the impasse. "I would request you to be in he Chairman's Chamber. I cannot resolve (the issue) here," stated Kurien.
But, O'Brien pressed for an open debate within the House, announcing "Whatever has happened at 11.10 AM did not happen in the chamber, but here only."
Azad stated the Chairman's action was once against the established laws, regulation and procedures and alleged that "nobody can run the House according to his whims".
"Let every one speak for one minute only," he stated, adding "our voice is muzzled outside and even inside."
Several different opposition members were additionally on their feet, demanding debate over a realize moved under rule 267 that was once earlier rejected by the Chair.
Negative perception created by disruptions in House: Venkaiah Naidu
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