Speaker of Goa legislative assembly, Pratapsingh Rane today rebuked the press for commenting on conduct of legislators during the ongoing monsoon session. Senior Congress leader and former state law minister Dayanand Narvekar pointed out that a coloumn published in a local daily termed the legislators’ conduct as “tiatrist” (a local form of drama).
Making a mention during zero hour, Narvekar also demanded that the writer should be summoned in the house and punished as such act amounts to curtailing the freedom of legislators and making mockery of the system. Intervening the debate, the Speaker warned the press to print anything which is not within the framework of rules and regulations.
“The members (of house) has total freedom to express their thoughts. The newspaper owes an apology or otherwise I need to refer the matter to committee of privileges,” Rane said. He said that the punishment for it can be the imprisonment that can be given without even referring to the privileges committee as house is in session.
Courtesy: sakaaltimes
