New Delhi: It was an all-woman hour in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The House burst into a peel of laughter after Union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu brought to the attention of the members that a question related to women was asked by a woman MP, replied by a woman Minister in the House chaired by a woman. The moment came when the Lok Sabha was discussing the issue of setting up of One Stop Centre, being set up by Women and Child Development Ministry.
While the supplementary question was posed by MP from Kerala, P.K. Sreemathi Teacher (CPM), reply was given by Minister Maneka Gandhi while Speaker Sumitra Mahajan was in the chair. Naidu intervened in the discussion and said “It is from Madam through Madam to Madam”, a comment which led the whole House burst into laugher. The Speaker immediately responded by saying “the question is also about women”.
