Om Birla vs Abhishek Banerjee In Lok Sabha As Trinamool Shreds Budget 2024

Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool MP and Mamata Banerjee's nephew, said Budget 2024 lacks "clarity of vision"

The discussion on Budget 2024 in Lok Sabha today witnessed a sharp exchange between Speaker Om Birla and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, when the latter claimed that the House did not discuss the three farm laws that were later rolled back and the Chair stressed that it did.

Mr Banerjee, MP from West Bengal's Diamond Harbour and the Number 2 in the Mamata Banerjee-led party, said in his speech that the Centre got the agricultural bills passed "without any consultation with farmers, farmer organisations or Opposition parties".

The Speaker intervened: "Let's set the record straight, this House discussed the issue for five-and-a-half hours." When Mr Banerjee stressed that no discussion took place, Mr Birla said, firmly, "When the Speaker speaks, he speaks right. You correct yourself." The Trinamool MP stuck to his guns, prompting the Speaker to say, "When I speak, I don't speak wrong."