Confusion in the House immediately after the bill was filed! You know what the whole thing is?

There was chaos in the Rajya Sabha when Kerala MP John Brittas proposed to introduce a private bill to amend Article 157. John Brittas proposed to introduce the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to amend the Constitution. Let us tell you that this article is related to 'Conditions of Governor's Office'. Proposing to introduce the Bill, Brittas said the Governor should discharge his responsibilities within the framework of constitutional provisions as per the advice of the Council of Ministers. There was an uproar as soon as the legislation was introduced in the House. The Treasury Bench strongly opposed the bill. BJP MP Suthanshu Trivedi strongly opposed the bill and said that according to the Constitution the Governor is the representative of the President. He questioned where the President has the authority to ask the Governor to follow the advice of the Council of Ministers. Also Read – NEET-UG final merit list released, 17 toppers now in place of 61 treasury bench opposition After ruling party's opposition, opposition parties tried to split votes to push the bill. Rajya Sabha Deputy Speaker Harivansh Singh said the decision was “yes” after a voice vote. This was strongly opposed by the Treasury Bench. As the result was in favor of the “Yes” people, the constitutional amendment sought by MP John Brittas would have been accepted. The motion was defeated by 56 votes. Later, vice-president Harivansh Singh said he had made a mistake and “preferably no”. After several voice polls, the division was finally called. After a split vote in the final vote, 21 votes were cast in favor of “yes” persons and 56 votes were cast in favor of “no” persons. With this, the proposal presented by the opposition parties to table this bill in the Rajya Sabha was rejected by a margin of 56 votes against 21. However, for the first time, there was a mistake in the counting of votes, and the results were revised after initially 11 votes in favor of “Yes” and 54 votes in favor of “No”.

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