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T-shirts with slogans: LS adjourned for the day amid protest by opposition members
Mar-20-2025

Lok Sabha (LS) was adjourned for the day as opposition members protested in the House wearing T-shirts with slogans on the issue of delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies. DMK members were wearing white T-shirts with slogans 'Fair Delimitation, Tamil Nadu will fight, Tamil Nadu will win.’ 

When the proceedings of the House began today, LS Speaker Om Birla objected to the DMK members wearing T-shirts with slogans written on them, saying ‘House functions with rules and procedures. Members have to maintain the dignity and honour of the House. But some MPs are not following the rules and violating the dignity which is not acceptable’. Birla adjourned proceedings till noon and requested those members wearing slogan-bearing T-shirts to leave and return in appropriate dress.

Similar scenes were witnessed when the House reconvened at 12 noon and TDP member Krishna Prasad Tenneti, who was in the chair, adjourned the proceedings till 2 pm. Tenneti also requested the Opposition members to come back to the House in ‘proper shape’. He said, ‘We have a discussion on agriculture. Such an important topic of the country you are not allowing the discussion to take place. I request you to cooperate and let the proceedings go on’. When they did not comply, Tenneti adjourned the House for the day.

Speaking to reporters, Siva emphasised Tamil Nadu's stance on the issue. ‘Tamil Nadu is insisting on fair delimitation. Around 7 states will be affected by this but there has been no response from the government yet. That is why we are continuing our protest demanding fair delimitation’. DMK members have been trying to raise the issue of delimitation in the LS, but Speaker had rejected their pleas contending that the issue is nowhere on the government radar as the census of population was yet to be conducted.


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