Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Friday, that members have a wrong notion that they have a privilege from action by investigating agencies, while the session is on.
Congress has been protesting against the alleged misuse of agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Income Tax department (IT) by the government to frame political rivals. A day ago, Congress members forced adjournments in the Upper House when Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said he had received a summon from ED to appear before the agency even while the House was in session.
Shiv Sena’s Priyanka Chaturvedi too raised the issue of arrest of member Sanjay Raut by ED saying the Chairman should have been apprised.
