Parties belonging to the INDIA bloc are likely to back a Congress no-confidence motion against Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar alleging partisan functioning in the Upper House, sources have said. Sources said all the INDIA bloc parties — including Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party and Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party that do not see eye to eye with the Congress – are expected to sign the motion. 

The parties will be moving the motion under Article 67(B) of the Constitution. 

The Opposition has been at odds with the Rajya Sabha chairman over multiple issues. Matters came to a head today when the BJP members accused top Congress leaders of colluding with billionaire investor George Soros to destabilise the country.

When Mr Dhankhar asked why the ruling party members were protesting, many BJP MPs alleged that the top Congress leadership has links with Soros.