New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday said that the House will meet at 2 pm on Monday as he had received requests from members to delay the start of proceedings due to their inability to reach on the scheduled time owing to change in flight routes.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in the House today: Lok Sabha will be convened from 2 pm onwards on 23rd March after many MPs requested to delay the session due to the unavailability of flights. (file pic) pic.twitter.com/DpvV897EKf
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He said that the members had informed him during a meeting on March 19 that there had been a change in flight routes due to the threat of coronavirus and they would not be able to reach at 11 am on Monday.
He said the House will meet at 2 pm on Monday. (ANI)
