Rajya Sabha Chairman nominated four women parliamentarians to panel of vice-chairpersons

Rajya Sabha Chairman nominated four women parliamentarians to panel of vice-chairpersons

• The nomination of four women to panel of Vice-Chairpersons created a history as it is for the first time that equal representation has been given to women in the panel of Vice-Chairpersons.
• Four women MPs have been appointed by the Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankar.
• The MPs appointed are PT Usha who was nominated to Rajya Sabha in 2022 and is a member of the Committee on Defence, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Committee on Ethics; Phangnon Konyak, Fauziya Khan who belongs to the NCP and Sulata Deo is from Biju Janta Dal.
• This is the first time in the history of the Upper house that equal representation has been given to women in panel of Vice-Chairpersons

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Published date : 24 Jul 2023 06:26PM