New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Following Lok Sabha's approval of the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, Congress MP Mallu Ravi said that the opposition wanted the legislation to be sent to the standing or the joint parliamentary committee.

He alleged that Speaker Om Birla didn't listen to the opposition despite the members continuously raising their voice and considered the bill as against the feelings of Indian people to remove the name of Mahatma Gandhi.

"We wanted that bill to at least be sent to the standing committee or the joint parliamentary committee. The speaker and the government have not agreed...Almost all the members were raising their voices, but the speaker or the government did not both...