New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday directed a parliamentary party meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party and warned BJP MPs against being absent in Parliament. “Change yourself or there will be changes,” PM Modi told BJP MPs at the meeting.
“Please be regular in attending Parliament and meetings. It is not good for me to continuously stress about this and treat you (BJP MPs) like children. If you don’t change yourself, there will be changes in due course,” Prime Minister Modi said in the meeting of BJP’s parliamentary party in Delhi today.
In a strong warning, Prime Minister continuously advised his party members and ministers to be disciplined, punctual and not speak out of turn – chided BJP leaders for behaving “like children”.
Senior Ministers including Home Minister Amit Shah, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi were present during the meeting.
PM Modi’s warning comes at a time when BJP is already facing furious opposition in the ongoing winter session of Parliament, with the ruling party cornered on a variety of issues, including 14 civilian deaths after the botched Army op in Nagaland’s Mon district on Saturday.
The government also faces fury over the suspension of 12 opposition MPs for this session; the MPs were suspended for the entire Winter Session of Parliament for their “unruly” conduct in the previous session in August.
The MPs however, refused to apologise and cited it as “wrong and undemocratic” and “against the rules and precedents of the House.”
On the subject of the suspensions, Mr Joshi had earlier said the government had been “forced” to suspend the MPs, but was ready to consider revoking the suspension if they apologised.
Parliament’s winter session began November 29 and will continue till December 23, but both Houses have witnessed repeated adjournments so far.
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