India Bloc Flags 'Denial of Speaking Opportunity' to LoP

Oppn Leaders Meet LS Speaker

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NEW DELHI: A delegation of Opposition parties met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday to flag the "denial of opportunity" to Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi to speak in the House, as well as the "politicisation" of his asking the Congress leader to follow the rules of procedure.

Congress' deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi said an INDIA bloc delegation comprising the Congress, the SP, the TMC, the DMK, the Kerala Congress, the RJD, the IUML, the RLP and the MDMK, met the Speaker during Zero Hour.

"We have given a letter, which was signed by many parties including the RSP and Shiv Sena (UBT). We conveyed our collective concern and collective disappointment before the Speaker on how the ruling side is violating the traditions, rules and culture of the House," Gogoi told reporters after the meeting.