'Come back with proper dress': Lok Sabha Speaker rebukes MPs for wearing T-shirts with slogans

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. (File photo)

Amid the ongoing Parliament session, chaotic scenes ensued in the Lok Sabha on Thursday as several members wore T-shirts in the House with slogans related to the issue of delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies.

The Lower House witnessed repeated adjournments. First, Speaker Om Birla adjourned the proceedings till noon and said such actions were against the rules of procedure of the House. 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.

DMK members were wearing white T-shirts with slogans '#fairdelimitation, Tamil Nadu will fight, Tamil Nadu will win' written on them, PTI reported.

"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 said.

"However big a leader is, such undignified attire is not acceptable inside the House. Go outside, change your clothes and come back with a proper dress," he told the members citing parliamentary rules and adjourned the House till 12 noon, according to PTI.

DMK members have been trying to raise the issue of delimitation in the Lok Sabha, 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.

(With inputs from PTI)