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NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday followed in Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s footsteps and rebutted the suggestion that opposition MPs are not being allowed to speak.
Delivering his address on “Promoting peaceful co-existence and inclusive societies: Fight against intolerance” at the General Debate during 146th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union in Bahrain, Birla said: “In India, we have a robust participatory democracy, and a vibrant multiparty system where hopes and aspirations of the citizens find expression through elected representatives. All members enjoy the freedom to express their views and thoughts in our Parliament.”
Though he made no reference to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, his remarks were seen as a rebuttal of the latter’s comments in the UK, where he told a gathering of British lawmakers that microphones of opposition MPs are turned off when they criticise the Modi government.
Earlier, RS chairperson Dhankhar had refuted Gandhi’s contention.
In multiple engagements at Cambridge, Gandhi had alleged that constraints were being put on Parliament, Press and Judiciary in the country.
Birla reiterated India’s longstanding view that all global issues should be resolved peacefully through dialogue, and said the Indian Parliament has always held extensive and meaningful debates and deliberations on contemporary global challenges such as climate change, gender equality, sustainable development and Covid-19.
He underlined the importance of global institutions in propagating peace, harmony and justice. Birla said that in global institutions like the UN Security Council, there is a broad consensus among many nations to bring about reforms to reflect the realities of a rapidly changing world order. And that requires serious discussions, he said and added that reforms in the UN Security Council cannot be delayed any further to address challenges such as climate change, sustainable development, poverty, gender equality and terrorism.
Birla highlighted India’s readiness to fulfil global obligations, its role in the articulation of Global Climate Action Plan to combat climate change as well as its role as an ambassador of peace and harmony to the entire world.
Delivering his address on “Promoting peaceful co-existence and inclusive societies: Fight against intolerance” at the General Debate during 146th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union in Bahrain, Birla said: “In India, we have a robust participatory democracy, and a vibrant multiparty system where hopes and aspirations of the citizens find expression through elected representatives. All members enjoy the freedom to express their views and thoughts in our Parliament.”
Though he made no reference to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, his remarks were seen as a rebuttal of the latter’s comments in the UK, where he told a gathering of British lawmakers that microphones of opposition MPs are turned off when they criticise the Modi government.
Earlier, RS chairperson Dhankhar had refuted Gandhi’s contention.
In multiple engagements at Cambridge, Gandhi had alleged that constraints were being put on Parliament, Press and Judiciary in the country.
Birla reiterated India’s longstanding view that all global issues should be resolved peacefully through dialogue, and said the Indian Parliament has always held extensive and meaningful debates and deliberations on contemporary global challenges such as climate change, gender equality, sustainable development and Covid-19.
He underlined the importance of global institutions in propagating peace, harmony and justice. Birla said that in global institutions like the UN Security Council, there is a broad consensus among many nations to bring about reforms to reflect the realities of a rapidly changing world order. And that requires serious discussions, he said and added that reforms in the UN Security Council cannot be delayed any further to address challenges such as climate change, sustainable development, poverty, gender equality and terrorism.
Birla highlighted India’s readiness to fulfil global obligations, its role in the articulation of Global Climate Action Plan to combat climate change as well as its role as an ambassador of peace and harmony to the entire world.
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