Parliament Session / Who switches the mic on and off in Parliament? Rahul Gandhi and Kharge made it an issue

Parliament Session: The issue of NEET paper leak dominated the proceedings in Lok Sabha on Friday. During this, the opposition party demanded a debate on this. During the Lok Sabha proceedings, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that his mic was turned off. On Rahul's allegation, Speaker Om Birla said, there is no such button here, by which the mic can be turned off.

Meanwhile, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was saying in Rajya Sabha that today the students are upset, papers have been leaked 70 times in 7 years. During this, his mic was turned off and his voice stopped coming. Meanwhile, Dhankhar said that nothing will go on record. Now Congress has made the matter of turning off the mic an issue. In such a situation, the question is who has the right to turn the mic on and off in the House.

Who has the right to turn the mic on-off in Parliament?

Both the houses of the new Parliament have separate panels to control the mic. Here the sound engineers sit on the first floor above the chair of the Speaker/Chairman who can see the members in real time CCTV and screens installed in the panel and turn on/off the mic of the MP by looking at them.

In the 18th Lok Sabha, the MPs have not yet received division numbers, so they have to turn on their mics by looking at the screen/CCTV. But after getting the division number, the work of the sound engineer becomes easy.

Now let's understand this from the division number. The division number is also the seat number of the MP, so after getting the division number, the MP can speak only from his seat because when his name is called, only the mic installed on his seat will be turned on.

Congress shared the video of the mic being switched off

जहां एक ओर नरेंद्र मोदी NEET पर कुछ नहीं बोल रहे, उस वक्त विपक्ष के नेता राहुल गांधी जी युवाओं की आवाज़ सदन में उठा रहे है.

लेकिन...

ऐसे गंभीर मुद्दे पर माइक बंद करने जैसी ओछी हरकत करके युवाओं की आवाज़ को दबाने की साजिश की जा रही है. pic.twitter.com/NhJnZZVM66

— Congress (@INCIndia) June 28, 2024

What does the rule say?

In the House, there is a mic in front of every MP and the sound engineer can turn it on or off. But there are some rules for doing this. Like in the zero hour, every MP gets three minutes to speak. As soon as their time is over, their mic is switched off. The mic of the person whose name is called from the chair has to be turned on. When the chair says that it will not go on record, the mic is switched off. This is how the mic is switched on and off.

Make the mic an issue

Congress has now made the mic an issue. The party wrote in a post on the social media platform X, 'While on one hand Narendra Modi is not saying anything on NEET, at the same time opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is raising the voice of the youth in the House. But, on such a serious issue, a conspiracy is being hatched to suppress the voice of the youth by switching off the mic.