New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that notices given by MPs for raising issues of public importance during Zero Hour will lapse if the proceedings of the House in the morning session are adjourned due to disruptions.
Usually, notices are carried over to the next day in case of adjournment of proceedings of the House during Zero Hour, which is scheduled every day from 1100 hrs to 1200 hrs.
However, Naidu said some notices can be allowed the next day after taking special permission.
"Some people have developed a habit of disturbing the House in making their point of view and insisting it beyond a point and thereby stalling the House for a variety of reasons.
Then the Chairman adjourns the House because I don't want ugly scenes to be seen by the people," he said.
"Members think that automatically if they (notices) are not taken up today, they will be taken up tomorrow. Hereafter, except by taking special permission, they will not be repeated again," he ruled.
The Chairman also directed that no placards, newspaper articles, air purifiers or masks should be displayed in the House.
"Nothing should be displayed in the House," he said, and warned of action against it.
Naidu objected to letters written to him being leaked in the media even before he receives it and said the Chair would not come under such pressure tactics.
He warned against running commentary by MPs and defying the Chair, saying he will "name" such members.
Naidu said it is the Chairman's prerogative to allow or disallow discussions under a particular rule.
Observing hat Rajya Sabha is currently holding its 250th session, the Chairman said members should cooperate in running proceedings of the House in a smooth manner.
Earlier during the Zero Hour mention, Partap Singh Bajwa (Congress) raised the issue of scam in the banking sector. He asked the Centre to give an assurance in the House that depositors' money is safe.