NEW DELHI, Feb. 2 -- Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday accused Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of defying the speaker's ruling and wasting the time of the Lok Sabha by seeking to quote from an unpublished memoir of a former Army chief.
Talking to reporters here, Rijiju said Speaker Om Birla had ruled in the House that only authenticated documents can be quoted.
Citing House rules, Rijiju also said that books, periodicals and news clippings cannot be quoted during debates if they have no relevance to the proceedings.
Gandhi "repeated the same mistake" by defying the speaker's ruling and "wasted" the time of the House, the minister alleged.
A row erupted in the Lok Sabha on Monday after Gandhi sought to quote f...