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Election to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chair's post on Sep 14

The election to the post of Deputy Chairperson of the RajyaSabha will be held on September 14, the day Parliament's

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NEW DELHI: The election to the post of Deputy Chairperson of the RajyaSabha will be held on September 14, the day Parliament's Monsoon Session convenes. The post fell vacant after Janata Dal-United MP Harivansh Narayan Singh's term in the Upper House expired. Harivansh has since been re-elected to the RajyaSabha. "The Chairman, under Rule 7 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Council of States, has fixed September 14 as the date of holding election to the said office of the Deputy Chairman," read an official notification issued by the RajyaSabha Secretary General. (IANS)