India, April 16 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla joked in Parliament on Thursday as Leader of Opposition in the House, Rahul Gandhi, briefly raised doubts on whether Congress MP KC Venugopal's mic was working.

During the special session of Parliament, Venugopal raised questions on the government's intent behind the proposal for 33% reservation for women in the House and questioned why the move was not implemented in 2024.

This is when union Home Minister Amit Shah stood up, objecting to how could the merits of the bill be questioned without it being taken up for discussion.

As the Lok Sabha speaker began to explain the procedure of the House to Venugopal, someone in the Opposition first raised doubts on whether the MP's mic was on.

"Mic ...