New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday told a BJP member that he now belongs to India and not Rajasthan.

BJP member from Jhalawar-Baran in Rajasthan, Dushyant Singh, while asking a question during Question Hour on pending funds of the state relating to MNREGA said the Speaker also comes from Rajasthan.

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"Hum desh ke hain, ab Rajasthan ke nahin (I belong to India and not Rajasthan any more)," he said with a smile.

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