Parliament Session 2024: The session of the 18th Lok Sabha is going on. Political tussle is also being seen between the ruling party and the opposition. However, the opposition is raising the issue of switching off the mike in the House. From Rahul Gandhi to many opposition leaders have alleged that their mike has been switched off.
At the same time, the Lok Sabha speaker has also given clarification in this matter and said that I do not have the right to turn off anyone's mic. In such a situation, let us tell you who has the right to turn the mic on and off in the House.
Who turns off the mic?
According to the information, the entire control of the mics installed inside the Parliament is with an audio section, in which specialists are sitting, whose job is to see who has been given permission to speak by the Chair, only his mic remains on and the rest of the people's mics are turned off. Whichever speaker the Chair allows to speak, his mic is turned on and all the other mics are turned off, that is, only one mic remains on in the House at a time.
If any other MP speaks then…
If another person wants to speak while a speaker is speaking and he takes permission from the chair, then the mic of the speaker who is speaking is switched off and the mic of the other speaker is switched on and when the second speaker finishes speaking, then the mic of the first speaker is switched on.
The specialist of the audio section has the control
During times when there is uproar in the House, the microphones of the entire House are switched off, only the microphone of the Chair is switched on and that too is switched on and off by the audio section specialist.
Many times it also happens that when the Chair has to say something, the audio section specialists, anticipating this, switch off the mic of the speaker beforehand. Due to this, sometimes such situations arise when the speaker's mic switches off while he is speaking.
How does one take a decision?
Apart from this, sometimes the audio of the speaker gets cut off due to the audio specialist getting distracted or pressing the wrong button. But overall, the audio specialist takes the instructions to switch off the mic and continue it inside the House on the basis of which MP has been given permission by the Chair to speak.
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