New Delhi: In a historic move, the Vice-President & Chairman Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankhar, reconstituted the panel of Vice-Chairpersons comprising 13 women RS Members for the day as Rajya Sabha discusses the Nari Shakti Vandan Vidheyak Bill, 2023.
The Vice-President emphasized that their presence on the chair would send a powerful message to the world at large and it would symbolize that they held a ‘commanding position’ during this epochal moment of change.
The details of the women Rajya Sabha Members nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairpersons are as under:
- Shrimati P. T. Usha (श्रीमती पी. टी. उषा)
- Shrimati S. Phangnon Konyak (श्रीमती एस. फांगनोन कोन्याक)
- Shrimati Jaya Bachchan (श्रीमती जया बच्चन)
- Ms. Saroj Pandey (सुश्री सरोज पांडे)
- Shrimati Rajani Ashokrao Patil (श्रीमती रजनी अशोकराव पाटिल)
- Dr. Fauzia Khan (डॉ. फौजिया खान)
- Ms. Dola Sen (सुश्री डोला सेन)
- Ms. Indu Bala Goswami (सुश्री इंदु बाला गोस्वामी)
- Dr. Kanimozhi NVN Somu (डॉ. कनिमोझी एनवीएन सोमू)
- Ms. Kavita Patidar (सुश्री कविता पाटीदार)
- Shrimati Mahua Maji (श्रीमती महुआ माजी)
- Dr. Kalpana Saini (डॉ. कल्पना सैनी )
- Shrimati Sulata Deo (श्रीमती सुलता देव)
All-women panel of Vice-Chairpersons in Rajya Sabha today!
In a historic move, Hon’ble Chairman Rajya Sabha, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, reconstituted the panel of Vice-Chairpersons comprising 13 women RS Members for the day as #RajyaSabha discusses the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam… pic.twitter.com/VxdrA01qUE
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