New Delhi, July 17 - Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar had the Lok Sabha in splits Friday, with Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde being at the receiving end of her good-natured leg pulling.

'You are the power minister now. You have more voltage and shock,' she told Shinde during question hour.

This was after the minister, while replying to a question from Ananth Geete, who once held the portfolio, said he 'sometimes gives a shock'.

'Geete is a former power minister, so he sometimes gives a shock while asking a question,' Shinde said, leading to the speaker's response.

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