Azam Khan asked to apologise before House for derogatory remark, or face action
New Delhi, July 26: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday held a meeting with prominent leaders of the opposition to discuss the action to be taken against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan who made a sexist remark in Parliament against BJP MP Rama Devi
Congress' leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, TDP's Jayadev Galla, BSP' Danish Ali, NCP's Supriya Sule were part of the meeting, among others.
The Speaker and the other leaders leaders reportedly arrived an a conclusion that Azam Khan should apologise before the House for his derogatory remarks. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will ask Khan to tender an apology.
In
case
Khan
refuses
to
apologise,
then
Speaker
will
take
action
against
the
senior
SP
leader.
Earlier
today,
women
members
in
Lok
Sabha
spoke
in
one
voice
condemning
the
sexiest
remarks
by
SP
member
Azam
Khan
against
Bihar
MP
Rama
Devi
and
demanded
that
he
apologise
or
else
he
should
be
suspended
from
the
House.
During the Zero Hour, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani said the remarks of Khan in Lok Sabha on Thursday during the debate of Triple Talaq Bill were a "blot" on all legislators, including men.
Azam's remarks aimed at BJP MP Rama Devi, when she was in the Chair on Thursday, were slammed as double-meaning, malicious, utterly condemnable and a blot on all legislators by ministers and MPs in the Lower House on Friday. Politicians cutting across party lines had demanded an apology from Khan.
The Lok Sabha unanimously passed a resolution authorising the Speaker to take action against Khan.