RS Chairman Dhankhar warns Raghav Chadha over hand gesture

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday reprimanded AAP MP Raghav Chadha for using a hand gesture to seek a 'point of order' following Opposition leaders' demand for a discussion over the security breach in Parliament.

While seeking permission to raise a 'point of order', Chadha gestured with his hand resembling cricketers seeking TV referrals. This angered the Chairman who asked the AAP MP not to do so.

"You don't have to do (gesture) this to raise a point of order. Use your tongue. Don't do it. Otherwise, you will start dancing also. Don't do it, take your seat," Dhankhar said.

Dhankhar's remarks came during the Zero Hour after he refused permission to notices submitted by 23 MPs to suspend business and immediately discuss Wednesday's security breach in Parliament.
As Chadha sought to raise his objections, Dhankhar recalled the recent suspension of the AAP from the House and said, "You are the only person who is enjoying your conviction, your sentence (and) giving an impression that your suspension has been revoked. You were convicted, you were sentenced by the House."

Chadha's suspension ended on December 4, the first day of the Winter Session, after the Rajya Sabha adopted a motion to terminate the punishment after holding him guilty of presenting misleading facts to the media and adding names of MPs in a proposed Select Committee without their consent.
Chadha was suspended from the Upper House on August 11, the last day of the Monsoon Session and he had approached the Supreme Court on the matter.

Dhankhar said in the House on December 4, "The committee after deep and thoughtful consideration finds Raghav Chadha guilty of both the charges. Charge one is that he intentionally and deliberately presented misleading facts to the media, misinterpreted proceedings of the council, resulting in an affront to the authority of Chairman Rajya Sabha and engaged in outrageous defiance of the resolutions of the house and directives of the honourable chairman of the Rajya Sabha."
He also said Chadha was also found guilty of the charges of adding names of members to the proposed select committee of the House without their consent.

The motion moved by BJP MP GVL Narasimha Rao said, “that this house resolves that Shri Raghav Chadha, member, be held guilty of breach of privileges, and the suspension suffered by him so far be taken as sufficient punishment and the house may consider discontinuance of suspension of Shri Raghav Chadha, member, from the service of the Council from this day.”