In a historic move, the Vice-President & Chairman Rajya Sabha, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, reconstituted the panel of Vice-Chairpersons comprising 13 women RS Members for the day as Rajya Sabha discusses the Nari Shakti Vandan Vidheyak Bill, 2023.
The Vice-President emphasized that their presence on the chair would send a powerful message to the world at large and it would symbolize that they held a ‘commanding position’ during this epochal moment of change.
The details of the women Rajya Sabha Members nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairpersons are as , Shrimati P. T. Usha, Shrimati S. Phangnon Konyak, Shrimati Jaya Bachchan, Ms. Saroj Pandey , Shrimati Rajani Ashokrao Patil, Dr. Fauzia Khan, Ms. Dola Sen, Ms. Indu Bala Goswami, Dr. Kanimozhi NVN Somu , Ms. Kavita Patidar , Shrimati Mahua Maji, Dr. Kalpana Saini, Shrimati Sulata Deo.