Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar returns to Speaker's chair at INDIA bloc's mock Parliament
- Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, 81, returned to the Speaker's chair at the INDIA bloc's mock Parliament session in Delhi.
- • Meira, who served as Speaker from 2009 to 2014, is the daughter of former Deputy PM Jagjivan Ram and was the first woman to hold the post.
- She brought back her signature phrases, including “baith jaaiye” and “jaldi khatam kijiye”, while asking speakers to stick to time limits.
- The Congress-led Opposition symbolically “impeached” Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged electoral irregularities.
Source: ndtv.com
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