Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in a press conference said: "... While submitting the motion to the Rajya Sabha chairman, we requested him we have the number required for the motion to be entertained. Under the Constitution of India, the number required for the motion to be entertained is 50 members. So we have submitted a motion signed by 71 members of parliament. We have also given in writing that there are seven signatures of honourable members who in the meanwhile have retired. So we said in the letter that those seven members should not be counted. I am sure that the minimum requirement for the motion to be entertained has been met and sure that chairman will take action."