NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha created two records on the first day of Parliament’s monsoon session which commenced on Thursday. In one record, 50% women have been appointed in the reconstituted panel of vice-chairpersons while in the second the chair went digital.
Vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is also the ex-officio chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, announced in the upper house about the first record. He said, “I have to inform the honourable members that the panel of vice-chairpersons has been reconstituted July 17 with the following members... Honourable members will be happy to note that 50% per cent of the vice-chairpersons happen to be women.”
