Sumitra Mahajan urges MPs to resolve to not enter Well of the House in 2019

January 01, 2019 09:22

Business Standard tells us: On Monday, the last day of 2018, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan urged all members of the House to resolve to not enter the Well of the House and work in accordance with the rules in 2019.

Amid sloganeering by Congress and AIADMK members, Mahajan requested MPs of both parties to go to their respective seats for her sake, following which the MPs from both parties sat down.

"Today is the last day of the year...it should be the last day when you enter the Well of the House," Mahajan said. She also indicated that there was a rule which prohibited members from entering the Well of the House and they should comply with it.

While Mahajan was making these remarks, members listened to her patiently.

Later, Mahajan announced that January 1 will be a holiday and the House would assemble on Wednesday. The Rajya Sabha also decided that the New Year's Day will be a holiday.

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