New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday questioned Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman for quashing discussion on Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, while referring to the ruling of former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar in 1998.

Jairam Ramesh argued that the Deputy Chairman subjectively used the ruling of Balram Jakhar to dismiss the discussion on SIR and questioned why he "willfully ignored" the recent ruling of Rajya Sabha chairman in which he stated, as Jairam Ramesh pointed, that Rajya Sabha is entitled to discuss anything under the planet except only the conduct of any judge.

Taking to X, Jairam Ramesh said, "The Chair in the Rajya Sabha is a continuing entity in spite of the comings...