Monsoon session: Rajya Sabha rejects Sanjay Singh’s ‘Special Mention’ request over Manipur

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat on Friday turned down Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh’s ‘Special Mention’ request on the Manipur violence.
The AAP Rajya Sabha MP had asked for a ‘Special Mention’ as he wanted to bring a notice to the Upper House over the prevaling state of affairs in Manipur. With his request denied, the AAP MP vented his fury on Twitter, terming the move as the “height of dictatorship”.
“It is the height of dictatorship. There is violence in Manipur, people have been killed, women were paraded naked and we still don’t have the permission to speak about it on the floor of the Parliament,” the AAP MP tweeted in Hindi.
Singh also moved a Suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in the Upper House, demanding a discussion on the Manipur situation.
RJP MP Manoj Kumar Jha has also moved a Suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha, demanding that a session be dedicated to a discussion on the Manipur unrest.
The RJD Rajya Sabha MP, in his letter to chaiman of the Upper House, stated, “I would like to move a motion for adjournment of the business of the House under Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Rajya Sabha to discuss the ethnic violence that has been going on for more than two months.”
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MP K Keshava Rao, too, gave a Suspension of Business Notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha for a discussion on the Manipur issue.
Congress MPs Manish Tewari and Manickam Tagore, meanwhile, proposed an adjournment motion to discuss the situation in Manipur, with the latter also seeking a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The opening day of the Monsoon Session saw a ruckus in both Houses over the demand for a discussion on the Manipur situation.
The bedlam in the Parliament was over a viral video from Manipur purportedly showing two women being paraded in the nude.