Do nominated members of Rajya Sabha have voting rights
New Delhi, Mar 17: Former chief justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. The issue has been heavily debated since and both Congress and the BJP have traded charges at each other. Justice Gogoi's name was proposed after the term of K T S Tulsi came to an end in February.
Under Article 80 of the Indian Constitution, the the Rajya Sabha would comprise of not more than 250 members of whom 12 are nominated by the President of India. The persons nominated are those with special special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as literature, science, art and social service.
Is Justice Gogoi the first former CJI to make it to the Rajya Sabha?
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A
nominated
member
enjoys
all
the
powers
and
privileges
and
immunities
available
to
an
elected
member
of
Parliament.
They
take
part
in
the
proceedings
of
the
House
as
any
other
member.
Nominated
members
are
however
not
entitled
to
vote
in
an
election
of
the
President
of
India.
They
however
have
rights
to
vote
in
the
vice
presidential
election.
As
per
Article
99
of
the
Constitution,
a
nominated
member
is
allowed
six
months
time
should
he
join
a
political
party.
The first 12 to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha:
- Dr. Zakir Husain
- Alladi Krishnaswami
- Prof. Satyendranath Bose
- Shrimati Rukmini Devi Arundale
- Prof. N R Malkani
- Dr. Kalidas Nag
- Dr. J M Kumarappa
- Kakasaheb Kalelkar
- Maithilisharan Gupta
- Dr. Radha Kumud Mookerji
- Major - General Sahib Singh Sokhey
- Prithviraj Kapoor
The current lot:
- Swapan Dasgupta
- Dr. Narendra Jadhav
- Dr. Subramanian Swamy
- Suresh Gopi
- Mary Kom
- Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati
- Roopa Ganguly
- Ram Shakal
- Rakesh Sinha
- Dr. Sonal Mansingh
- Raghunath Mohapatra