'MP cant's make another speech according to Standing Orders'

Deputy Chairman of Committees Chandrakumar Murugesu, who was presiding in the House when TNA MP S. Sritharan stood up to speak during the Budget debate, did not allow the MP to make his speech observing that the MP was speaking for the second time during the Budget debate.

When TNA MP Sritharan commenced his speech, Water Supply and Drainage Minister and Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena raising a point of order stated that MP Sritharan contributed to the budget debate last Friday and therefore according to Standing Orders, the member cannot make another speech during the same budget debate. The Deputy Chairman of Committees stated that the MP could not proceed with his speech according to the Standing Orders. SM, IR and DM