Extending greetings on Rajya Sabha Day on Sunday, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu mentioned the higher home has performed a vital position in strengthening parliamentary democracy.
Naidu, who can also be Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, appealed to its members to interact in knowledgeable and constructive debates by holding the welfare of the individuals in thoughts.
“Greetings on Rajya Sabha Day! Ever since its inception, Rajya Sabha has played a crucial role in strengthening parliamentary democracy,” the Vice President Secretariat tweeted, quoting Naidu.
“I would like to appeal to the members of Rajya Sabha to engage in informed & constructive debates by keeping the welfare of the people in mind,” he mentioned.
According to the Rajya Sabha web site, the Constituent Assembly, which first met on December 9, 1946, additionally acted because the Central Legislature until 1950, when it was transformed as ‘Provisional Parliament’.
During this era, the Central Legislature, which was often known as Constituent Assembly (Legislative) and later Provisional Parliament, was unicameral until the primary elections have been held in 1952.
Extensive debate happened within the Constituent Assembly relating to the utility or in any other case of a second chamber in unbiased India and in the end, it was determined to have a bicameral legislature for unbiased India primarily as a result of a federal system was thought-about to be probably the most possible type of authorities for such an unlimited nation with immense diversities.
A second chamber often known as the ‘Council of States’, due to this fact, was created with an altogether completely different composition and technique of election from that of the instantly elected House of the People.
It was conceived as one other chamber with smaller membership than the Lok Sabha (House of the People). It was meant to be the federal chamber, a House elected by the elected members of Assemblies of the states and two Union Territories during which states weren’t given equal illustration.
Apart from the elected members, provision was additionally made for the nomination of 12 members to the House by the President.
The nomenclature “Rajya Sabha” was introduced by the Chair within the House on August 23, 1954.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
