My parliamentary right was hurt by LS Speaker: Rahul Gandhi

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla of “hurting” his parliamentary rights by restricting him to ask question from the government about the top 50 wilful bank defaulters. Gandhi launched the allegation against Birla following the Question Hour in which he raised a supplementary question on wilful defaulters.

Speaking to the media after the Question Hour, Gandhi said there is a process that supplementary question can be asked by a parliamentarian and that was exactly he did. However, when he came out to speak to the media he said: “I asked the question about 500 wilful defaulters. I am hurt that my parliamentary right to ask a supplementary question was restricted by the Speaker.” “As an MP, my rights were compromised.

But the question is why the government is saving those wilful defaulters,” Gandhi said inside the Parliament premises. During the Question Hour, Gandhi had asked supplementary question when Question No 305 regarding “Wilful defaulters” was read. Asking the government, Gandhi said, “The Indian economy is going through a very difficult period. Our banking system is practically not working any more. Banks are failing. And I think more banks are going to fail as a result of the current global situation.