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RAJYA SABHA chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar may be hitting back at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for claiming that microphones of Opposition members are turned off in Parliament, but Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla appears to believe in sending out subtle messages.
Speaking at the general debate during the 146th assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union in Manama, Bahrain, Birla asserted that all MPs “enjoy the freedom to express their views and thoughts in Lok Sabha”. Birla was speaking on the topic, “Promoting peaceful co-existence and inclusive societies: Fight against intolerance”. His remark could be a message to the Opposition benches as the House reassembles for Budget Session on Monday, ruling party sources said.
Google Effect
RSS JOINT general secretary Manmohan Vaidya on Sunday said youngsters these days do not believe anything the elders say, they just Google it. This has helped the RSS get youth to join the organisation, he said at a press briefing ahead of the RSS’s Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha meeting in Haryana. Vaidya said when misinformation is spread by vested interests about the Sangh, the youngsters check on the Google search engine and visit the RSS website. And then many of them join the organisation. Between 2017 and 2022, as many as 7.25 lakh youngsters sent applications to join the RSS, he said. About 70% of them said they wanted to join the organisation for social service, he said.
Museum Visit
CHIEF JUSTICES and Chairmen of Supreme Courts of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries were given a tour of the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya at Teen Murti during their recent India visit. The delegation, with representatives from China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan and Belarus, saw the displays at the PMs’ Museum, including the experimental zone, Anubhuti, which uses augmented reality to allow visitors a walk with the Indian Prime Ministers.
