Apologize for what? Have we done anything against the rules and the constitution? Asks Mallikarjun Kharge.
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun slams Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. He said that PM does not come to Parliament. Kharge said that the PM should have inaugurated the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor on the holiday.
Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday reiterated the demand to revoke the suspension of 12 opposition members of the House and said that even today we will raise the issue of those who are sitting on dharna. Suspension of Rajya Sabha MPs should be withdrawn. He said, all the leaders of the opposition party will meet and after that, we will decide the future strategy.
On the first day of the winter session of Parliament (November 29), 12 members of the Congress and Trinamool Congress and other opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha were suspended from the Upper House for the remaining winter session.
The members who have been suspended include Elamaram Karim, Phool Devi Netam, Chhaya Verma, Ripun Bora, Rajamani Patel, Syed Nasir Hussain, Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Dola Sen, and Shanta Chhetri, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Anil Desai, Vinay Viswam. These all leaders are from the Communist Party of India, Trinamool Congress, and Shiv Sena.
Congress leaders including Kharge are continuously raising the issue of revoking the suspension of 12 opposition MPs. Earlier on Wednesday, Kharge had said that the government did not want to allow the House to function so that the opposition could not raise issues like inflation, firing in Nagaland, Pegasus, and other important issues. MPs of several opposition parties on Wednesday also boycotted the proceedings of the Upper House for the day and sat on dharna along with suspended MPs.
He had said, we raised the same issue and said that the suspension should be revoked. They are saying that they should apologize. Apologize for what? Have we done anything against the rules and the constitution? He questions, who among these 12 members had climbed on the table, and tore the file? Unnominated members have been suspended. Kharge had said, we are ready to run the House. We want to raise all the issues, but the government is not giving us a chance.
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