Protests, discussion can't happen simultaneously: LS Speaker
December 14, 2016  16:57
With deadlock over demonetisation persisting in the Winter Session which ends in two days, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today said protests and discussion cannot happen simultaneously and she was pained to see that the House was not being allowed to function. 

"I have to run the House and keep trying (for that). You must have seen I said that if all members sit quietly, I will allow (them to speak).

"Both the things cannot happen simultaneously that you stand in the Well of the House and also seek time to speak," she said.

"When the House does not run, I am really pained. Parliament is (meant) for discussion," Mahajan said. 

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