Om Birla

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Rohtak Congress MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra has objected to former BJP minister Manish Kumar Grover putting the National Emblem on his letterhead. Batra questioned which rules let former ministers use it after leaving office.

He says unauthorised use of the emblem attracts legal penalties and that he will write to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for clarity.

Grover hit back, saying Batra was distracting from public welfare. His own letter to the Speaker flagged neglected issues at a DISHA meeting chaired by Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda.

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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has called for substantive discussions in Parliament, free of disruptions, ahead of the Winter session expected to start late this month or early next month.

Asked about the SIR electoral roll revision, he said the Business Advisory Committee will decide what gets taken up. He has also received no notice to impeach Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, though the opposition is demanding his resignation.

At a Public Accounts Committee conference, he stressed that budgeted money must be monitored to make sure it is used for its intended purpose.