Ahead of the winter session of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha secretariat has issued detailed instructions to members reiterating Parliamentary customs, conventions and etiquette. It urged them to maintain decorum and also directed them not to publicise their notices to raise important issues till they are admitted by the Rajya Sabha Chairman.
The instructions follow privileges complaints that are under review against opposition Members of Parliament including TMC’s Derek O’ Brien, Congress’s Jairam Ramesh and AAP’s Sanjay Singh & Raghav Chadha.
The Rajya Sabha secretariat has directed members not to publicise notices they submit to raise issues of importance, until they are admitted.
