Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday did not allow Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) to raise the Maharashtra-Karnataka border row in the House as the party had not presented it in a proper manner as per rules.
Elders, meanwhile, flagged issues including the recent cyber attack on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi and Safdarjung Hospital, plight of employees in the information technology sector due to reported lay-offs, Indians languishing in prison in some Gulf countries and Tamil Nadu fishermen ill-treated by Sri Lankan defence forces.
On the Maharashtra-Karnataka border issue, when the House met for the day, the Chairman said he has received notices under Rule 267 but was disallowing them as they were not in order and did not specify the Rule. Notices under Rule 267 seek suspension of the business of the day to take up a discussion on the issue being raised.
Priyanka Chaturvedi of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), who had given the notice under rule 267, said the border issue between Karnataka and Maharashtra is an important issue and needs to be discussed at the national level.
Dhankhar, however, disallowed it, saying the requirements of invoking rule 267 were not met. "Now if the Honourable member seeks to make an issue which is tangential, it will be inappropriate," he said, adding the member could speak in respect of rigours of compliance of the rule.
"Come out with a formalised request, it will receive consideration and there will be a structured discussion," he said.