Shillong, Feb 18: In a significant ruling, Assembly Speaker Thomas A Sangma has prohibited MLAs from recording and circulating selfie videos of House proceedings, following a video of VPP leader Ardent Miller Basaiawmoit went viral.
“A member has taken a selfie video of himself while participating in the proceedings inside the House yesterday. It was circulated in social media,” Sangma told the Assembly on Wednesday.
In the viral clip, the Voice of the People Party (VPP) legislator captioned the video as “first day of the budget session”.
“This is a breach of parliamentary practice and decorum and also not in keeping with the spirit of the rules to be observed by members provided by Rule 275 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business,” the Speaker observed.
Invoking Rule 315, the Spaker said, “I hereby inform the House that such activity — a member taking video of himself while speaking inside the House and circulating it on social media — is prohibited.”
