The PM appreciated Birla’s remarks made a day after the motion, saying he had effectively underlined parliamentary precedents, role and responsibilities of the Speaker, and the primacy of rules. “The biggest strength of Indian democracy is its Constitutional institutions. Parliament is the highest platform among these institutions. Every voice raised in Parliament represents the hopes and aspirations of crores of citizens,” Modi said, adding that Birla had clearly emphasised that nobody is above the rules of the House, “a message that re-establishes the basic ethos of democracy”.
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Slamming the Opposition, Modi said that while there is space for differing views in a democracy, there is a clear distinction between “disagreement and disrespect”. He said it is a matter of concern that at times political differences appear to be turning into disrespect for parliamentary norms.
