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Om Birla reacts to allegations of muting, says Speaker has no control of mics

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“It has come as a shock to me that many MPs have blamed the Speaker for muting the mic. The Speaker only announces the name of the individual who would speak, and the control of the mics are not with the Speaker,” he said, adding that Speakers from all political parties run the House in the same way.

Last week, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi had alleged that his mic was muted when he was speaking on the NEET issue.

Birla on Monday also took exception to members adding extra statements at the beginning or end of their oath.