New Delhi, Sep 14 (UNI) Senior Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Harivansh Narayan Singh was re-elected as the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman on Monday.
From opposition side, Rashtriye Janata Dal’s (RJD) Prof Manoj Jha was also in the fray.
From the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), BJP chief JP Nadda moved the first motion in support of Mr Singh while Leader of Opposition in the Upper House Ghulam Nabi Azad moved the first motion for Mr Jha.
He was re-elected with voice-votes.
Rajya Sabha MP Harivansh filed the nomination for the post on Wednesday while Mr Jha filed on Thursday.
Earlier, the Upper House paid condolence to former President Pranab Mukherjee and 18 sitting and former MPs, including Amar Singh.
The government will introduce four ordinances as bills.
This is the first parliament session after the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Therefore, all safety measures have been taken to conduct the session to ensure no health risk to parliamentarians and staff.
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