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Not just Speaker Om Birla, but Union ministers Amit Shah and Bhupendra Yadav, and MPs including BJPs Nishikant Dubey, the Congresss Hibi Eden, and TMCs Saugata Ray cited the Lok Sabha rulebook as they countered one another over Rahuls charges against the ruling dispensation...
To this, Speaker Om Birla quoted Rule 359 (xvi) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, which states that while the House is sitting, a member shall not display flags, emblems or any exhibits..
Environment minister Bhupendra Yadav meanwhile quoted Rule 359 (xii) which states that an MP shall not sit or stand with their back towards the Chair alleging that Rahul, while speaking on the Motion of Thanks on the Presidents address, had his back to the Speaker and was looking at the opposition benches...
When Rahul again showed the image while accusing the BJP of attacking minorities, Bhupendra Yadavinvoked rule 356 (ii), which allows the Speaker to instruct a member to stop speaking after they draw the Houses attention to the member who persists in irrelevance or in tedious repetition either in ones own arguments or of the arguments used by other members in debate...
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey joined them and cited Rule 115 (1) and (2) of Directions by the Speaker under the rules of procedure, which state that if a member wishes to highlight a mistake or inaccuracy in a statement made by a minister or another member, they must first write to the Speaker, detailing the specifics of the error and seek permission to address the matter in the House..
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