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MR. CHAIRMAN: Shri Mohan Singh, let me understand this.
DR. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY : I have used a parliamentary word to say that they are `powerless', which means `impotent'. I did not use it in the `Viagra' sense! SHRI RAM NAIK: I just want to draw your attention. (Interruptions)
SHRI R.L. JALAPPA : Is this the opinion of Dr. Swamy or his leader? (Interruptions)
SHRI RAM NAIK: You may kindly examine it. (Interruptions)
MR. CHAIRMAN: Let me hear the hon. Minister.
SHRI RAM NAIK: The hon. Member, Dr. Swamy did not have the courtesy even to say `hon. Prime Minister'; he said `Vajpayee'. So, I feel that the way he has been addressing in the House is not parliamentary enough. I request you to examine what he has said. (Interruptions) SHRI R.L. JALAPPA : Is it his opinion? Is it Dr. Swamy's opinion or his leader's opinion? THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION (SHRI ANANTH KUMAR): Sir, the DMK was part of the Government for the last two years. (Interruptions) Were they impotent then in the UF Government? SHRI RAM NAIK: The hon. Member himself is* DR. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY : The DMK is the most impotent party in India. They can never protect the Tamils of India. (Interruptions) SHRI LALU PRASAD (MADHEPURA): Sir, we fully understand the meaning of the word `impotent'. We know it. He has clarified it. `Impotent' means जो नपुंसक है। नपुंसक के मायने ... (व्यवधान)
SHRI VAIKO : Sir, I respect the Chair and obey by whatever it says. But he should not mislead the House. ... (Interruptions) DR. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY : Sir, I am on a point of order. ... (Interruptions)
MR. CHAIRMAN: He has raised a point of order.
... (Interruptions)
DR. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY : Sir, it will apply to parliamentary procedure at any point of time...(Interruptions) MR. CHAIRMAN: I have to yield to a point of order. Shri Swamy, under what rule are you raising your point of order? DR. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY : I am quoting Rule 41.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Please read out.
DR. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY : It is at sub-rule (xxiii) in page 20. The issue is this. He can ask as to what the Government's stand is. He cannot comment on what the Supreme Court has said...(Interruptions) MR. CHAIRMAN: There is a point of order raised by him.
DR. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY : Sir, they do not understand what is a point of order. They understand only disorder. They are in disorder. The whole Government is in disorder. He has the right to ask a question to the Government but he cannot comment on the order of the Supreme Court...(Interruptions) SHRI V. DHANANJAYA KUMAR : Sir, there is no point of order in `Zero Hour'...(Interruptions) DR. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY : You are reading only RSS constitution. There are no rules in RSS...(Interruptions) MR. CHAIRMAN: May I give the ruling? I have gone through page 20.
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MR. CHAIRMAN: Let me give the ruling. He has raised a point of order.
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SHRI V. DHANANJAYA KUMAR (MANGALORE): There is no point of order in what he has said. MR. CHAIRMAN: Since I have allowed him to raise a point of order, I am giving the ruling. SHRI V. DHANANJAYA KUMAR : During `Zero Hour', it has been the convention of the House that no point of order is allowed. Dr. Swamy knows it very well. He is interested not in getting the Cauvery water. He is interested only in technicalities. DR. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY : Sir, he is a new Member.