December 9, 2022
Sukhendu Sekhar Ray raised an objection to a Minister characterising a state government as ‘chor’ and asked whether this is admissible under the Rules

Sir, with your consent, I have raised the point of order. Rule 47, subrule ii says the right to ask a Question is governed by the following conditions. There are 22 conditions for the person who…. The Honorable Member who raised the Question. There is no such conditionality in so far the Ministers are concerned while getting the reply. Just now I have found that thus House has witnessed that in a reply to a Supplementary Question of Honorable Member Sanjay Singh the Honorable Minister characterized the state government as a ‘chor’, ‘theif’ government. Whether this is admissible under the rules, I put it for your kind consideration.