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Naidu congratulated the senior officers of the Secretariat for their commitment and hard work and assistance during the last five years. (File photo: News18)
Naidu expressed concern over the imposition of Rule 267, seeking suspension of all other rules to raise certain issues of importance felt by certain sections of the House.
Outgoing Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said on his last day of office on Wednesday that he is satisfied with his work and urged members of the House to use rules and tools judiciously to raise various issues. In a meeting with the Secretary General and other senior officials of the Secretariat this morning, Naidu said, “During the last five years, I have given my best performance as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and I am leaving this office satisfied.” Sources said he referred to the reversal of the declining trend of productivity of the Rajya Sabha since 1995 and various initiatives taken during the last three years to enable effective functioning of the House and the Secretariat.
Naidu congratulated the senior officers of the Secretariat for their commitment and hard work and assistance during the last five years. He urged them to identify the deficiencies, if any, in the system and try to rectify them. Later, in a meeting with some members of the Rajya Sabha, the various rules used by the MPs to raise issues were discussed in detail. Naidu expressed concern over the imposition of Rule 267, seeking suspension of all other rules to raise certain issues of importance felt by certain sections of the House.
“Rule 267 should be adopted in the rarest of rare cases which justify the suspension of other rules of the House. It should not be taken lightly. Under this rule the giving of notices by different members on different issues on the same day is a And the issue is what affects the perceived priorities for the day,” a source quoted him as saying.
Naidu is understood to have told him that he took strict action on certain occasions as per the rules of the House and it was in the larger interest of the business of the House. Despite the limitations imposed on the Speaker in terms of allotment of time to various parties and MPs, Naidu told the members that he did his best to give more time to the members of smaller parties represented in the House.
Referring to the importance of Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees and their bipartisan functioning and almost unanimous presentation of reports, the Speaker urged the members to make best use of the meetings of the committees through better attendance and longer duration of meetings. added.
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