New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday criticized the Congress-led opposition INDIA bloc for intentionally disrupting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speeches in both Houses of Parliament.
Addressing a press conference here, Rijiju said Congress and other opposition parties had been allotted enough time to raise all issues during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President's speech and yet they chose to cut short the Prime Minister's response in both houses of Parliament. .
Rijiju's comments came as the opposition flocked to the well and raised slogans during the prime minister's over two-hour response to the debate in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Similar scenes were witnessed in Rajya Sabha, where opposition members left the House after brief protests and sloganeering.
"Some interruptions during the speech are fine, but interrupting the entire two-hour speech of the prime minister by raising slogans is definitely not allowed. This has never happened," Rijiju said.
The minister said the government will never allow the Congress strategy to paralyze the proceedings of Parliament to succeed. "We will continue to run the House by the rules," he said.
Rijiju said the next session of Parliament, which is expected to begin in the last week of July, will be a new session in which Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the general budget.
"We will have to call a new session. The current session will be extended and the Cabinet will decide the dates of the new session soon," the minister said.
Rijiju said the Lok Sabha had seven sessions and recorded 103 per cent productivity despite Friday's failure. The Rajya Sabha held five sessions and recorded over 100 per cent productivity.
He said there was no problem between the government and the opposition on a personal level and that he would continue to communicate with them for the coordination of the plenary session.
At the same time, Rijiju said the opposition should accept the mandate of the people who have re-elected Prime Minister Modi for a third consecutive term.
Addressing a press conference here, Rijiju said Congress and other opposition parties had been allotted enough time to raise all issues during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President's speech and yet they chose to cut short the Prime Minister's response in both houses of Parliament. .
Rijiju's comments came as the opposition flocked to the well and raised slogans during the prime minister's over two-hour response to the debate in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Similar scenes were witnessed in Rajya Sabha, where opposition members left the House after brief protests and sloganeering.
"Some interruptions during the speech are fine, but interrupting the entire two-hour speech of the prime minister by raising slogans is definitely not allowed. This has never happened," Rijiju said.
The minister said the government will never allow the Congress strategy to paralyze the proceedings of Parliament to succeed. "We will continue to run the House by the rules," he said.
Rijiju said the next session of Parliament, which is expected to begin in the last week of July, will be a new session in which Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the general budget.
"We will have to call a new session. The current session will be extended and the Cabinet will decide the dates of the new session soon," the minister said.
Rijiju said the Lok Sabha had seven sessions and recorded 103 per cent productivity despite Friday's failure. The Rajya Sabha held five sessions and recorded over 100 per cent productivity.
He said there was no problem between the government and the opposition on a personal level and that he would continue to communicate with them for the coordination of the plenary session.
At the same time, Rijiju said the opposition should accept the mandate of the people who have re-elected Prime Minister Modi for a third consecutive term.
