<span style="color: #222222;">Rajya Sabha member Sukhendu Sekhar Ray of Trinamool Congress today sought permission of the House to remain absent for the rest of the ongoing budget session.<br />''<br />''In a letter to Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu, Mr. Ray said, in view of the growing number of COVID-19 affected persons in the country, he has decided to remain in self-quarantine at home. The House has signified its consent to permit him to remain absent. </span><br />