August 8th 2023.
Amid voting for the Delhi Services Bill in the Rajya Sabha, Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and V Muraleedharan on Monday called for an investigation and termed "very serious" the allegations of five MPs that their "forged signatures" were added by AAP MP Raghav Chadha to the motion for a proposed Select Committee on the draft legislation.
The five MPs were S Phangnon Konyak, Narhari Amin and Sudhanshu Trivedi of the BJP, M Thambidurai of the AIADMK and Sasmit Patra of the BJD. They claimed that their names were added to the proposed Select Committee on Delhi Services Bill without their consent.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri expressed his concern about the incident, saying he never heard of any such thing in his 30-40 years as a bureaucrat and a Parliamentarian. He said that it should be seriously inquired into. His party colleague, Union Minister V Muraleedharan, too, termed it a "very serious issue".
The MPs demanded a Privilege Motion against Raghav Chadha. YSRCP MP Vijay Sai Reddy said that Raghav Chadha had included names of members from the ruling BJP, BJD and the AIADMK without their consent, which is akin to forging their signatures.
Narhari Amin, one of the five MPs, said that Raghav Chadha included his name in the Select Committee without his consent. He said that he did not even put his signature. Meanwhile, Chadha said that he will reply to the Privileges Committee once they send him a notice. Thambidurai said he has already written to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, seeking his intervention in the matter.
After 8 hours of discussion and debate, the Delhi Services Bill was passed by the Upper House after a division. Taking up the Bill for discussion earlier in the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the moment this Bill is passed, Arvind Kejriwal-ji palat jayenge.
Reacting to the passing of the bill in the Rajya Sabha, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the BJP government has insulted the vote and rights of people. He said that the people of Delhi have been betrayed by the Centre's Ordinance and the passing of this bill in the Parliament.
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