Why was Rahul Gandhi's speech removed from the proceedings?
Why was rahul Gandhi's speech removed from the proceedings?
On wednesday (August 9, 2023), rahul gandhi gave a speech in the lok sabha on the opposition's no-confidence motion brought against the Modi government. After his speech, the congress alleged that some parts of his speech were cut off during his speech on parliament TV. They were not broadcast. After this allegation, Union Parliamentary Affairs minister Prahlad Joshi has given clarification.
On thursday (10 august 2023), while replying to the allegations of the congress in the parliament premises, Prahlad Joshi said, 'Parliament tv is not under the control of us or the speaker, I do not know what has happened yet. Removing unparliamentary words from the speech of an mp is a normal parliamentary practice that has been going on for decades, it has not started today.
What allegations did the congress make?
The congress on wednesday alleged that when its leader rahul gandhi was giving his views on the no-confidence motion, most of the time the camera was focused on the posture. party general secretary jairam ramesh claimed that rahul gandhi spoke on Manipur in the lok sabha for 15 minutes 42 seconds and out of this only 4 minutes 34 seconds was shown on camera. Ramesh tweeted, 'It is worse. rahul gandhi spoke on Manipur for 15 minutes 42 seconds. During this, the camera of parliament tv remained focused on lok sabha Speaker om birla for 11 minutes 08 seconds i.e. 71 percent of the time. When rahul gandhi spoke on Manipur, parliament tv showed him only for 4 minutes 34 seconds.