Jairam Ramesh Asks "How To Persuade The Chair", Jagdeep Dhankhar Responds
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Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said that it was a "good question" from his "dear friend" Jairam Ramesh.
Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Thursday that everyone in the Parliament should have the highest regard for conforming to the rules of the House, as any such deviation is tantamount to being sacrilegious to the "temple of democracy." #WATCH | On a question from Congress MP Jairam Ramesh "How do we persuade the chair?", Chairman RS Jagdeep Dhankhar replies, "We persuade the chair historically only by exhibiting the highest standard of conformance to the rules. And as I indicated yesterday, the ruling of the… pic.twitter.com/O7u1lBxzMG
"If we start having our practice my way or no way, that is not only not democratic, that will pose a great challenge to the very existence of this sacred theatre. I have no doubt any deviation from the rules is virtually sacrileging this temple," Mr Dhankhar said during the Rajya Sabha session today.
Answering a question by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on "how to persuade the chair" he said that historically the chair has been persuaded by conforming to the rules.
