New Delhi: On the very opening day of the Monsoon session of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha overcame an initial spell of disruptions to pass two bills and transacted a full question hour on Wednesday. One of the bills is about the merger of six subsidiary banks with the State Bank of India (SBI) and another allows the central government to acquisition immovable property (or land) for any public purpose.
In the last two sessions, the Upper House took up Question Hour only on six days. It managed to conduct Question Hour on only one day in the Budget session.
The prospect of House’s performance looks brighter this session. Senior officials revealed that during the all-party meeting on Tuesday, Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu almost had an altercation with Telugu Desam Party (TDP) member YS Chowdury when the latter spoke about the rights of a member to protest.
