‘There’s need for new Parliament house when you think of future requirements’: Om Birla

Rule 266 of Rules of Lok Sabha clearly says the standing committee meetings should be held in private. It can be made public only with special permission only when it is necessary. So the rules do not allow virtual meetings of parliamentary standing committees. If we have to change the rules, there has to be discussion on it in the Rules Committee in which every party has to express its views. Once it is done, it has to seek the mandate of the House.

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