S. Phangnon Konyak, the first woman from Nagaland to serve in the Rajya Sabha, presided over the House today. She made history earlier on July 17, 2023, when she was appointed as the first woman from Nagaland to the panel of vice presidents. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar this week nominated four women members—50% of the total strength—to the panel of vice-chairmen in an impressive effort to achieve gender balance.
Additionally significant is the fact that all of the women who were nominated for the panel had recently been elected as MPs. Eight people make up the newly formed panel ahead of the monsoon session, with half of them being female. For the first time in the Upper House’s history, female members of the panel of vice speakers have equal representation.
S. Phangnon Konyak in her tweet shared the moment as she chaired the Rajya Sabha session
Immensely privileged, humbled and overwhelmed to preside over the Rajya Sabha today. Happy that it was a productive one with The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fifth Amendment) Bill, 2022, having been passed by the House. Under the visionary leadership of Hon'ble PM Shri… pic.twitter.com/DnAdyWybWF
— S. Phangnon Konyak (@SPhangnon) July 25, 2023
Last week, 4 women members were nominated for the panel of vice president.
Usha PT She was nominated for the Rajya Sabha in July 2022 and has received the Padma Shri award. She is also a well-known athlete. She participates in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ Defense Committee, Consultative Committee, and Ethics Committee.
S. Phangnon Konyak is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party and the second woman from the state to be elected to either the House of Parliament or the State Legislative Assembly. She is the first woman from Nagaland to be elected as a Rajya Sabha member in April 2022. She is a member of the House Committee, the Committee on Women’s Empowerment, the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region, and the Governing Council of the North-Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong.
Fauzia Khan, M.D. She was chosen to the Rajya Sabha in April 2020 and is a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. She is a member of the Ministry of Law and Justice’s Consultative Committee, Committee on Consumer Affairs, Committee on Food and Public Distribution, and Committee for Women’s Empowerment.
Sulta Dev: She was elected to the Rajya Sabha in July 2022 and is a member of the Biju Janata Dal. She is a member of the MPLADS Committee, the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Committee on Industry, the Committee on Women Empowerment, the Joint Committee on Office of Profit, and the Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.
