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Article 88

Part V — The Union · Constitution of India

Article 88

Rights of Ministers and Attorney-General as respects Houses. Every Minister and the Attorney-General of India shall have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, either House, any joint sitting of the Houses, and any committee of Parliament of which he may be named a member, but shall not by virtue of this article be entitled to vote.

In plain wordsMinisters and the Attorney-General may speak in either House, in joint sittings, and in committees they are named to, even in a House they do not belong to. Speaking rights do not bring voting rights under this article.
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