New Delhi, Nov. 24 -- The Rajya Sabha Privileges Committee has taken a "serious view" of the complaint against Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in which it was alleged that he had made "continual and deliberate disrespectful observations against Rajya Sabha Chairman", sources said on Monday.

The Privileges Committee met here over the complaint by BJP member Sudhanshu Trivedi, which was referred to it in April 2023 by then Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Sources said Jairam Ramesh stated that he had no intention to make disrespectful remarks against the Chair.

The committee is chaired by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh.

Members present included Sudhanshu Trivedi, Deepak Prakash, Kartikeya Sharma, Surendra Singh Nagar and GK V...