By Saturday, India will have a new Vice President. In the following week, it would bring to an end the long parliamentary journey of M. Venkaiah Naidu and his tenure as the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the other role for the post in the Constitution.
Work done during the term of the outgoing Chairman and progress achieved by the House is documented at the end of every session. Mr. Naidu’s term reflects on the progress of the legislative work; increased productivity at 70%; greater oversight of the work done by Parliamentary Committees; and a step-up in its primary role as a deliberative chamber.
Statistics show that in the five-year period of Mr. Naidu, the House held 261 sittings over 13 sessions, passing or returning 177 Bills, including the abrogation of Article 370 with regard to Jammu and Kashmir, Triple Talaq, Transgender Persons and the now repealed contentious Farm Bills.
