Parliament session 2024: Mike and Sansad TV cameras, both were targeted by opposition MPs in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: In this first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, the house’s mike and Sansad TV’s camera are also on the opposition’s ‘target’. With the experience of the previous Lok Sabha, the opposition MPs were more cautious this time about what is being shown on Sansad TV and what is not. During the discussion on the President’s address, when the Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was speaking, the opposition raised the issue of mike and Sansad TV’s camera. In the last session of the previous Lok Sabha, the opposition continuously protested on the Manipur issue and they kept coming to the well of the house and raising slogans, but they were not seen in the Sansad TV camera. Through the live proceedings of the Lok Sabha, the country sees what is happening inside the house. But the opposition’s protest during the proceedings of the house was not shown on TV. This time when the first session of the Lok Sabha started, the opposition, especially the Congress MPs, kept an eye on the Sansad TV camera from the very first day. When Rahul Gandhi is speaking and the speaker or someone else is seen on the screen, they immediately raise the issue. On Monday also, when Rahul Gandhi started speaking, a double window was seen on Sansad TV, in which Rahul was in one window and the speaker in the other. Immediately Congress’s Gaurav Gogoi questioned this and then Rahul Gandhi started being shown in the single window.

Opposition is constantly accusing of switching off the mic

Similarly, the opposition is repeatedly accusing him/her of turning off his/her mike. On Monday too, Rahul Gandhi said who has the control of the mike? The mike goes off in the middle of my speech. To which the speaker said that you are the leader of the opposition and you say outside also that the mike is turned off. People of all parties sit in the chair and the one who is requested to speak, his/her mike is switched on.

Om Birla has already responded to the allegations of the opposition

Earlier, when the proceedings of the House began in the morning, Speaker Om Birla responded to this allegation of the opposition. he/she said that many members go out of the House and allege that the Speaker or the Chairman sitting on the chair turns off their mike, whereas the Chair has no control over the mike and all the Chairmen run the House in this manner. On Friday, the Congress had claimed that when the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi was trying to present his/her views on the subject of ‘NEET’ in the Lok Sabha, his/her mike was turned off in the middle.

Question raised on the dignity of the seat

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that many members here are senior to me. Everyone knows that the system is that the person whose name is called from the chair speaks. The chair does not have any remote control. Members of the Speaker’s table from all parties run the House in this way. This has been the tradition. I hope that members will not raise such objections now. Addressing senior Congress leader K. Suresh, he/she said that this is a matter of dignity for the chair. At least the people sitting on this chair should not raise such objections. Suresh ji sits on this chair. he/she should tell whether the chair has control of the mike.