Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday asserted that members have no right to disrupt the House as claimed by somebody while they have a certain right to debate and discuss any issue in the House. He expressed concern over the loss of 24 percent of the time of the House during the Budget Session that concluded ahead of the schedule amidst rising concerns over the spread of Corona virus.
The day also saw several members including Motilal Vohra, Prabhat Jha, Rajiv Gowda, BK Hariprasad and Dr Satyanarayan Jatiya retiring from the house.
Naidu in his valedictory observations in the House informed that as against the 31 sittings of the House scheduled in two parts between January 31st and April 3rd, the House was constrained to conclude after 23 sittings.
The Chairman stated that as against the total scheduled duration of 118 hours 52 minutes during the 23 sittings, the House functioned for a duration of 90 hours and 30 minutes resulting in 76.13 percent productivity of Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session.
A total functional time of 38 hours 23 minutes of the House has been lost due to disruptions including 32 hours 51 minutes so lost during the second part of the Session. The House, however, sat beyond the scheduled time on 9 days for a total of 9 hours 59 minutes.