PM Modi to attend NDA convention, roadshow in Kochi
Kochi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Kerala on Wednesday and take part in a series of programmes here, including the inauguration of the BJP-led NDA's election convention.
The prime minister will land at Cochin International Airport at 11.30 am. He will then travel to the naval base before heading by road to Marine Drive for his first event--the golden jubilee celebrations of the Dheevara Sabha.
Later, he will take part in a roadshow beginning from the entrance of the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at around noon.
At 12.30 pm, the prime minister will participate in an official programme of the central government where he will inaugurate and dedicate to the nation several key development projects.
Around 1 pm, Modi will inaugurate the NDA's Kerala election rally at the stadium.
The convention will mark the formal launch of the alliance's campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.
Organisers say around 50,000 party workers are expected to attend the event.
Leaders and workers from several NDA partners, including Bharath Dharma Jana Sena and Twenty20, will also take part.
After completing the programmes in Kochi, Modi will leave for Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu at around 2.30 pm.
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Whenever we stand up to speak, we are stopped: Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha
New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday interjected a Lok Sabha debate on the resolution to remove Om Birla as Speaker, saying that he was stopped from speaking in the House on multiple occasions.
Responding to BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad, who cited parliamentary procedures to say that the leader of the opposition should measure his words carefully, especially on issues of national security, Gandhi said the House does not belong to any party but the entire country.
"Whenever we get up to speak, we are stopped. Lok Sabha does not belong to one party but to the entire country," he said.
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Earlier, participating in the debate on the resolution against Birla, Ravi Shankar Prasad had said that the motion to remove the Speaker from his post should not be weaponised to "satisfy" the ego of a leader.
He said it was painful that the House is discussing the resolution as it is the result of the ego of a leader.
Quoting Practice and Procedures of Parliament, Prasad said the leader of the opposition should measure his words carefully, especially on issues of national security, and that he should eschew partisan politics.
This led to an uproar from the opposition.
Later, Dilip Saikia, who was chairing the proceedings, allowed Gandhi to respond to the allegations.
