Days after the members of Parliament took oath in the 18th Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla amended the rules related to oath-taking, barring elected members from adding any remark to the oath, including sloganeering. According to the latest amendments, Speaker Birla has added a fresh clause to ‘Direction 1’ to the ‘Directions by the Speaker’. The new clause was added to regulate certain matters related to the functioning of the Lower House, which are not specifically mentioned in the rules.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla amends rules, bars MPs from raising slogans during oath
Days after the members of Parliament took oath in the 18th Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla amended the rules related to oath-taking, barring elected members from adding any remark to the oath, including sloganeering. According to the latest amendments, Speaker Birla has added a fresh clause to ‘Direction 1’ to the ‘Directions by the Speaker’. The new clause was added to regulate certain matters related to the functioning of the Lower House, which are not specifically mentioned in the rules.
