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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026) expressed displeasure implicit the lack of a elder Minister during the Question Hour erstwhile questions astir his Ministry were being asked.
Though the Speaker did not sanction anyone, the question was regarding the Postal Department, which comes nether Communication Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
“Where has the Minister gone,” Mr. Birla asked erstwhile the question was being fielded by Minister of State for Communication Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani.
When the MoS replied that the elder Minister had gone for an “important meeting”, Mr. Birla said, “The Question Hour is important, not meeting.”
Earlier, Mr. Birla had urged members not to talk among themselves erstwhile the House takes up obituary references.
Tributes were paid to erstwhile subordinate Kavuru Sambasiva Rao who passed distant past week arsenic soon arsenic the House met for the day. The members stood successful soundlessness for a little portion arsenic a people of respect.
Soon aft the obituary reference, an anguished Mr. Birla told the members that it was not a bully signifier to chat with each different erstwhile the House was paying tributes to members who person passed away.
