India, Dec. 5 -- Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Thursday tried to set the record straight on the scope of Rule 267 in the Rajya Sabha, saying discussion under this provision can only take place on any of the items already listed on the day's agenda and not on any unrelated subjects.
Session after session, Opposition party MPs have been giving notices under Rule 267, seeking to set aside the agenda of the day to take up discussion on the subject they considered more important. But none of their notices have been accepted in over two decades.
The number of notices has risen in the last few years as the opposition MPs felt the BJP-led Government would not allow discussions, even of short duration, on the subjects they want to raise...