RS members to bid farewell to Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Monday

India

oi-Prakash KL

New
Delhi,
Aug
07:
Vice
President
and
Rajya
Sabha
Chairman
M
Venkaiah
Naidu
will
be
accorded
a
farewell
in
the
House
on
Monday.

Naidu
demits
office
on
Wednesday
and
his
successor
Jagdeep
Dhankhar
will
take
the
oath
of
office
on
August
11.

Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
and
other
top
leaders
are
expected
to
attend
the
event.

There
will
be
no
sitting
of
the
House
on
Tuesday
and
Thursday
on
account
of
Muharram
and
Raksha
Bandhan,
PTI
sources
said.

They
added
that
there
will
be
another
farewell
function
for
Naidu
at
the
GMC
Balayogi
Auditorium
on
Monday
evening
on
behalf
of
all
the
members
of
the
House.

The
Prime
Minister
will
present
a
memento
to
Naidu
while
the
deputy
chairman
of
Rajya
Sabha
will
deliver
the
farewell
address,
they
said.

A
publication
chronicling
the
tenure
of
Naidu
as
the
vice
president
and
chairman
of
Rajya
Sabha
will
be
released
by
the
Prime
Minister.
This
will
be
followed
by
dinner.

A
day
after
he
was
declared
elected
as
the
14th
vice
president,
Dhankhar
met
Naidu
here
on
Sunday.
Dhankhar
and
his
wife
Sudesh
were
welcomed
at
the
Upa-Rashtrapati
Nivas
by
Naidu
and
his
spouse
Usha
Naidu.
Naidu
gifted
his
successor
an
‘ang
vastram’
(stole).
Sources
said
their
meeting
lasted
over
30
minutes
and
later
Naidu
gave
a
tour
of
the
residence
and
the
secretariat
to
Dhankhar.
Naidu
also
introduced
Dhankhar
to
the
secretariat
staff.