When opposition leader Rahul Gandhi during the proceedings of the Lok Sabha While he was demanding a debate on the issue of NEET, he alleged that his mic was suddenly switched off . On Rahul’s allegation, Speaker Om Birla said that there is no button here with which the mic can be switched off. Meanwhile, another allegation of the mic being switched off came to light, In fact when Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was speaking in the Rajya Sabha that in the past 7 in years 70 papers have been leaked. During this time his mic got switched off. Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha Speaker Jagdish Dhankhar said that nothing will go on record. After this, Congress has now made these incidents of mics being switched off an issue. . Meanwhile, let us find out who has the authority to switch the mic on and off in the House. ?
Who has the authority to switch off or switch on the mike in the House?
Let us tell you that in both the houses of the new Parliament, separate panels have been made to control the mike . Where the sound engineer sits above the chair of the chairman, i.e. on the first floor. Who are watching the members in real time CCTV and the screen installed in the panel and through that they switch on or off the mic of any MP.
there At present MPs in the 18th Lok Sabha have not received division numbers. , Therefore MPs need screen/Their mic has to be switched on or off by looking at the CCTV. When every MP gets a division number, the work of a sound engineer will become very easy. Now a question must have come to your mind that what is this division number? ? So let’s find out.
What is division number?
Division number is the seat number of the MP. So when an MP gets a seat number, he can speak from his seat, Because when the name of that MP is called, only the mic of his seat is on.
Every MP in the House has a microphone in front of him and sound engineers can switch it on or off. But there are some rules for doing this too. According to these rules, During Zero Hour, every MP gets three minutes to speak. As soon as that MP’s time is over, his/her mic is switched off. The one whose name is called from the same posture, His mic has to be on. Then when the speaker says that this will not go on record, the mic is switched off. This is how the microphone is switched on or off in Parliament.
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