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Members Can’t Raising Slogans During Oath: Lok Sabha Speaker Amends Rule

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Om Birla added a fresh clause to ‘Directions by the Speaker’ (File/PTI) New Delhi: With some Lok Sabha members resorting to sloganeering during the oath, Speaker Om Birla amended the rule, barring MPs-elect from adding any remark to the oath as members of the House. Mr Birla added a fresh clause to ‘Direction 1’ of … Read more

Parliamentary debates are the essence of democracy

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With that, the formal process of political communication between electors and the elected has also begun. Parliamentary debates are an important element of this. Elected representatives of the people make their position on various issues official by engaging in debates on the floor of the two Houses of Parliament. There is no denying the fact … Read more