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Speaker yet to decide on Alagiri plea on using Tamil

September 26, 2009 India

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Saturday said she is “having a look at” the request of DMK ministers to answer questions in parliament in Tamil. Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister M.K. Azhagiri had said in Chennai last week that DMK ministers and MPs had requested parliament authorities to allow them to raise and answer questions in [...]

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Reddy was ‘charismatic mass leader’: Meira Kumar

September 3, 2009 India

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Thursday expressed “deep shock and profound grief at the sad demise” of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who was killed in a helicopter crash. “In Reddy’s passing away, the country has lost a towering personality who, till his last breath, struggled hard to safeguard the rights of the [...]

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My job gender neutral, says India’s first woman speaker

August 26, 2009 India

Calling it a great honour to become the country’s first woman speaker, Meira Kumar however said Wednesday she saw the post as being “gender neutral”. “I really don’t see myself as a woman speaker as it is a gender neutral job and you have to ensure that the house is conducted properly,” Meira Kumar said [...]

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Parliament to become disabled friendly soon: Meira Kumar

August 26, 2009 India

India’s Parliament will soon become disabled friendly, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said Wednesday. “I have given instructions to the parliament secretariat to make the house disabled-friendly and barrier free soon. I have also asked the parliament to purchase things made by the disabled people for use in the house,” Kumar said during an interaction [...]

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Parliament should have 100 sittings a year: Meira Kumar

August 26, 2009 India

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday expressed her concern over repeated disruptions in the house and said parliament should sit for a minimum 100 days a year. “I really want the parliament to have 100 sitting days a year. We should also make full use of the parliament time. The most important thing is that [...]

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Jaswant’s removal from house panel will be as per rules: Speaker

August 26, 2009 India

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday said any decision on removal of Jaswant Singh from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament, after his expulsion from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), would be taken in accordance with constitutional rules. “I haven’t heard anything with respect to Jaswantji from the Bharatiya Janata Party and we will [...]

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Ensure house is not disrupted ever: Speaker Meira Kumar

August 7, 2009 India

The Lok Sabha lost over 23 hours due to interruptions during the month-long budget session, Speaker Meira Kumar said Friday and exhorted members in her soft but firm voice to ensure that proceedings were not disrupted for any reason. Delivering her valedictory address to the first budget session of the 15th Lok Sabha, India’s first [...]

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Meira Kumar celebrates Rakhi with differently abled children

August 5, 2009 India

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Wednesday celebrated Raksha Bandhan, a festival that marks the bond of love between siblings, with a group of mentally challenged, and hearing and speech impaired children here Wednesday. “The feeling of brotherly love and affection should flourish all around, especially among children,” the speaker said while celebrating the festival with [...]

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Incisive reporting is need of the hour: Meira Kumar

August 1, 2009 India

Urging journalists to “rise above jingoism”, Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar has said that sharp and clear reporting of various issues by the media is essential in the conflict ridden world of today. “Incisive reporting of issues is the need of the hour in a conflict ridden world,” Kumar said at the KCK International award [...]

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Lok Sabha speaker mourns Gayatri Devi’s death

July 30, 2009 India

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Thursday mourned the death of Rajmata Gayatri Devi, the erstwhile maharani of Jaipur, saying she was “a distinguished member of parliament and an exemplary human being”. Gayatri Devi, who was once considered one of the world’s most beautiful women and always stayed in the limelight despite the fall of royalty [...]

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