Rajya Sabha Dy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh was allegedly heckled by some MPs during passage of farm bills (Photo: PTI/file)The no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, over the manner in which two farm bills were passed in the Upper House after he overruled their pleas for an adjournment of the proceedings, has been rejected by Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on grounds that it was in a "wrong" format.Twelve Opposition parties had on Sunday moved a no-confidence motion against Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh who was presiding the House during the passage of the two farm bills that has triggered protests by the farmer bodies in Punjab and Haryana.Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejected the no-confidence motion against Dy Chairman on grounds that it was not in a proper format.
Parliament Live UpdatesSoon after the Opposition parties gave the notice, several Union ministers rushed to the residence of Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu and discussed with him the entire episode of the "unruly behaviour and ruckus" allegedly created by opposition MPs, a source said.Meanwhile, eight Rajya Sabha MPs, accused of unruly behaviour in the House during the passage of two farm bills, have been suspended for a week.The eight MPs who have been suspended are Trinamool Congress's Derek O'Brien and Dola Sen, Aam Aadmi Party's Sanjay Singh, Congress's Rajeev Satav, Ripun Bora and Syed Nasir Hussain, and CPI(M)'s KK Ragesh and Elamaram Karim.The Rajya Sabha on Sunday witnessed unruly scenes with members throwing papers at Harivansh, who was presiding the House during the passage of the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill.The Rajya Sabha passed the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020, through voice vote amid the din caused by opposition protests.