Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijuju on Friday hit again at Congress over claims that conventions have been ignored in appointing the professional tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha. He added that solely these unfamiliar with the system would understand any violations.
In response to Congress’s assertion that celebration member Okay Suresh, an eight-time MP, ought to have been appointed professional tem Speaker as an alternative of BJP’s Bhartruhari Mahtab, Rijuju identified that the Congress MP had a break in his time period.
“I’ve to say it with nice remorse that I really feel ashamed that the Congress celebration talks like this. Initially, they created a difficulty in regards to the professional tem speaker,” Rijuju mentioned, reported ANI.
He defined that the professional tem speaker’s function may be very non permanent, restricted to overseeing the election of the brand new speaker, and doesn’t contain any enterprise transactions.
Rijuju talked about that Congress objected to the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab, who has served as a Lok Sabha member for seven consecutive phrases with out interruption and is at the moment the longest-serving member.
“They took the identify of Suresh Kodaikanal. His complete time period is 8. However his break occurred in 2004 and 1998…Right here, any violation of the system will likely be felt solely by those that haven’t learn the system and its guidelines. Now we have adopted this custom,” he added.
On Thursday, President Droupadi Murmu appointed Bhartruhari Mahtab as the professional tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha. Following the announcement, quite a few Congress leaders voiced their objections, arguing that based on custom, the longest-serving MP ought to be appointed as professional tem Speaker. They contended that Kodikunnil Suresh, who’s starting his eighth time period as a parliamentarian, ought to have been given the place.
(Primarily based on inputs from ANI)
