RS chairman refers complaints against Derek O'Brien to privileges committee

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has referred complaints related to the privilege of the House against TMCs Derek OBrien and AAPs Raghav Chadha to the privileges committee for further examinationThe Rajya Sabha secretariat said the complaint against OBrien was filed by Bharatiya Janata Party BJP members Laxmikant Bajpayee and Surendra Singh Nagar while that against Chadha was filed by Sushil Kumar Modi and Deepak PrakashOn consideration of the facts the Honble Chairman Rajya Sabha has referred the matter under Rule 203 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States Rajya Sabha to the Committee of Privileges for examination investigation and report according to a bulletin issued by the Rajya Sabha secretariat late on Thursday nightThe notice under Rule 188 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States Rajya Sabha against OBrien was filed for repeated publishing of the clippings of his statement made in the House on July 20 through his verified personal Twitter handle despite the fact that those were expunged by the chairmanHe allegedly amplified the expunged statements through a series of tweets posted continually on a daily basis over a week and allegedly insulted the dignity of the Council and authority of the Chair the complaint saidThe complaint against Chadha dated July 25 alleges intentional and deliberate act of presenting misleading facts to the media on July 24 with respect to the suspension of Sanjay Singh Member from the service of the Council for the remaining period of the 260th Monsoon session of Rajya Sabha for his indecorous behaviour and repeated violation of directions of the ChairThe members have also alleged that the comments made by Shri Raghav Chadha Honble Member during the interview wherein he had interalia reportedly stated that Shri Sanjay Singh Honble Member would continue to sit inside the Chamber despite being suspended from the service of the Council violates the provisions contained under Rule 256 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States Rajya Sabha and are an affront to the authority of the Chair and an act of breach of privilege the notice saidAnother notice of alleged breach of privilege jointly submitted by Dr K Laxman and S Phangnon Konyak against Chadha refers to a news coverage by a private television channel and alleges that the Aam Aadmi Party AAP leader has grossly misrepresented the proceedings of the House The chairman has referred this matter to the privileges committee too the bulletin saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever