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The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly is set to pass a new batch of rules under which members will not be able to take their mobile phones inside the House, tear documents or stand or sit with their backs towards the Speaker...
Once passed, the Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 2023 will replace the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of UP Legislative Assembly, 1958...
The rules state that the members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) should show respect by bowing towards the Speakers chair, and not show their backs while entering or leaving the House or while sitting or rising from their seats...
Last year, on 6 December, SP MLA Atul Pradhan was caught live streaming proceedings of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Facebook Live while holding a protest in the well over the Rampur bypolls, drawing the ire of the Speaker who asked him to leave the House...
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No phones, tearing of documents, loud laughter: New rules of Uttar Pradesh Assembly
09, Aug, 23The Uttar Pradesh Assembly is set to implement new rules restricting MLAs from bringing mobile phones into the House, tearing documents, or positioning themselves with their backs facing the Speaker, among other regulations.