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Rajya Sabha adjourned after passing obituary references

by IBNS 09 Mar 2017, 08:29 am

New Delhi, Mar 9 (IBNS) : Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Thursday without transacting any business as a mark of respect to the departed member Haji Abdul Salam, who represented Manipur..

 When the House met for the second part of the Budget session, Chairman Hamid Ansari mentioned the passing away of Salam on February 28.

"In the passing away of Haji Abdul Salam, the country has lost a distinguished parliamentarian, an able administrator and a dedicated social worker," Ansari said in his obituary reference.

He also referred to the passing away of former members Puttapaga Radhakrishna, P Shiv Shanker, Syed Shahabuddin and former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray who was also a member of the Upper House.