It also expressed shock that the new President mentioned Gandhi and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya in the same breath in his first speech as President on Tuesday. "The Chair should be guided that the zero hour can't run only for the benefit of the television channels," said Jaitley.This enraged the Opposition Congress. They have no freedom for the last three years," said senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.Former Congress Union minister Kapil Sibal also chimed in. "I never expected the leader to denigrate the Opposition in such a fashion, to disrespect the discourse of the House," he said.Jaitley stuck to his guns that zero hour isn't meant for such discussions. We all know why the noise is being made over something which is not the point of order," the defence minister said.

Source: Times of India July 26, 2017 07:09 UTC