New Delhi: Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, said in Lok Sabha on Monday that his high-pitched voice was not anger, but rather a manufacturing defect, creating smiles and laughter among members.
As for his anger, he said it was only related to questions about Kashmir.
Amit Shah urged the House to consider and pass the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022, saying it was designed to make investigations of crimes more efficient and expeditious and to increase the conviction rate.
Amit Shah sought to allay the concerns of opposition members about the bill, including the right to privacy. When opposition benches offered their views, Amit Shah said he would reply to "Dada's" comments.
Despite a trifle from a Trinamool Congress member that he responds to Dada in an angry tone, the minister made everyone smile by replying in kind.
"I never scold anyone. My voice is a little high-pitched. It is my manufacturing defect. I do not get angry, get so on question-related to Kashmir," Shah said.
On August 19, 2019, the House passed a bill to abrogate Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. Amit Shah and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury exchanged heated remarks during the debate.
Amit Shah then responded to Chowdhury saying, "What are you doing. We are ready to give our lives to our country.".
Later in the session, the House discussed a bill that would legalize the taking of appropriate body measurements of those called upon to provide them as part of "a more efficient and expedient investigation of crime".
As defined by the bill, 'measurements' would include fingerprints, palmprints, footprints, photographs, iris scans, and physical samples and analyses.
Among its purposes is to empower the National Crime Records Bureau to collect, store, and preserve measures, and to share, distribute, destroy, and properly dispose of records.
Additionally, it seeks to empower a Magistrate to order an individual to give measurements and to empower police to take measurements of anyone who resists or refuses to do so.
Ajay Mishra Teni, Minister of State for Home Affairs, introduced the bill in Lok Sabha.