'Your replies should be short': Speaker Sumitra Mahajan advises 'young & energetic' Piyush Goyal

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday advised Power Minister Piyush Goyal to give short answers to questions raised by MPs after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav objected to his long speeches.

"You are young and energetic. You are doing a good job. But your replies should be short," Mahajan told Goyal soon after he finished a long reply on shortage of water in thermal plants.

The Speaker's remarks came after Yadav objected to Goyal's long speeches, saying answers to questions during Question Hour should be 'Yes' or 'No'.

Yadav, a veteran Parliamentarian, said earlier the House used to take up 15-16 questions during the hour-long allotted time but because of long replies by Ministers, only a few questions could be taken up for discussion now.