Priyanka Gandhi should have been LoP : Govt

 Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju takes a jibe at Congress, 

says Priyanka Gandhi should have been LoP

Union Minister claimed that atleast 50 MPs from Opposition have personally met me and said that they dont agree with the no confidence motion against the Lok Sabha Speaker.

Till now no one ever questioned the Lok Sabha Speaker, he said. 

Launching an attack on the opposition, Union Minister said, "Why is this no-confidence motion being brought against Lok Sabha Spaker, till now no one has questioned the position of the Speaker. 

Now, it seems that the opposition's major intention is to attack the democracy by attacking the position of the Speaker."

One should be thankful to Om Birla for his contributions, he said

He said that the highest number of matters were raised during Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's time. Parliamentary democracy has been raised by Om Birla. He also worked to materialise 64 parliamentary friendship groups of different countries that have been formed under Om Birla, under the guidance of PM Narendra Modi. 

"One should not forget to be thankful to him for his good works".

Kiran Rijiju quotes Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru’s opening remarks during a no-confidence motion against the Speaker in 1954.

“I would beg honourable members sitting opposite, those who have signed it and those in duty-bound have supported it to read the thing which they have signed. Its a vicious thing, they have signed. I doubt whether the persons have read it before they have signed it.

If they have read it, they would have hesitated a hundred times before they sign that document... and yet seeing the manner in which this has been brought forward, and the wording used here, I say, it is a gross abuse of one’s intelligence and to ask anybody in this House to support this is to consider that...,” he said.

Gaurav Gogoi of Congress says that the LoP microphone was turned off, and Rahul Gandhi was continuously interrupted during his speech. He further says that the leadership of the country is weak.