Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday ordered a detailed enquiry into the alleged blackout of the first few minutes of TMC leader Derek O'Brien's speech by Rajya Sabha Television. The upper house was informed that a preliminary report on the matter has found that power failure was responsible for the four-minute break in Derek's speech which could not be aired.
O'Brien had raised the issue in the Upper House on Wednesady, saying "I seek your protection. I spoke today in Rajya Sabha. The first 4-6 minutes of my speech were not shown on Rajya Sabha TV. I am a member of the Opposition. You protect us". leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad had dubbed it as a "very serious issue" and said "don't convert Rajya Sabha TV into BJP TV." BJP leader Satyanarayan Jatiya, who was in the Chair then, had assured a probe in the matter.
Basawaraj Patil, said " it was found in the inquiry that there was a break in the live transmission due to power failure.