India, Feb. 25 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that for the first time in the history, leader of the Opposition (the post he holds) was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha, in reference to the repeated disruptions during the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address in the recently concluded first half of the Budget session.

Addressing a Kisan Mahachaupal organised by the Congress against the United States-India trade deal in Bhopal, Gandhi said, "I was interrupted once and twice when I tried to talk about former army chief MM Naravane's book in the Lok Sabha. I was about to talk about farmers too but I was stopped from speaking."

Gandhi slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the trade deal, saying it ...