"Have 70 Signatures": Congress On No-Confidence Vote In Jagdeep Dhankhar

Sources had earlier said several INDIA bloc parties - including Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool and Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party - also expected to sign the motion.

A no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar - alleging partisan functioning of the House - appears increasingly likely after Congress leader Ranjeet Ranjan told NDTV the party has the support of more than enough MPs to demand a debate.

Sources had earlier told NDTV that several members of the Congress-led INDIA opposition bloc - including Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool and Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, which do not otherwise agree with the Congress' game-plan for this Parliament session - are also expected to sign the motion.

"50 signatures are required (for the motion to be tabled) but we have got 70. We are confident that we can bring this no-confidence motion against the Rajya Sabha chair," Ms Ranjan said Tuesday morning.