New delhi sources stated that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said it will not be challenging for him to run the lower House of the Parliament, where chants of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' were heard when several leaders including UPA chairperson sonia gandhi and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi took oath earlier this week.
When asked whether it was going to be tough for him to run the Lok Sabha amid religious chants, Om Birla said, "There is no challenge. We will run the House by keeping all party leaders together... Who said you cannot say 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'?" furthermore sonia gandhi, who retained the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat for the Congress, took oath on Tuesday. She was welcomed to take the oath amid slogans of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Jai sri Ram'.
Moreover Owaisi was also greeted with slogans of 'jai shri Ram', 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Vande Mataram' on Tuesday as he went on to takes oath as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha. Apparently slogans of "mandir vahin banayenge" (temple will be built there) were raised in the Lok Sabha after Sakshi Maharaj, the BJP MP who won from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, took oath as a member of the House.
