NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla scolded Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for granting another person permission to speak during the debate on motion of thanks. Rahul Gandhi had allowed BJP MP Kamlesh Paswan to speak during the debate. Following this, the speaker intervened and scolded him for not following parliamentary procedures.

“Who are you to give this permission? You cannot give permission, it is my right. You do not have the right to allow anyone. Only the chair has the right to allow”, the Speaker said.

Rahul Gandhi's comment that, he is a democrat and is allowing another person to speak is what angered the speaker. Paswan had spoken in the assembly prior to Mr Gandhi. He had intervened, following Rahul Gandhi’s remarks that Paswan was in the wrong party and no one cared about his sacrifice there.