After both houses of Parliament witnessed uproarious scenes and adjournment over the Manipur issue, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hit out at the opposition alleging that they are running away from discussion. Both the houses were adjourned for the day on Monday as the opposition staged protests demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha and a debate on the issue under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha
Sitharaman said the opposition has been demanding a discussion on the issue in the upper house, but when Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said the government is ready for a discussion, they refused to be part of the discussion.
“Opposition doesn’t want to participate in the discussion on the Manipur issue. Today when this issue was taken up in the Parliament, the opposition ran away from the discussion,” she said.
She read out the list of Rajya Sabha MPs who have been demanding a discussion on the issue under Rule 176, which allows for a short discussion, not exceeding two-and-a-half hours.
The finance minister asked the MPs who visited Manipur recently to disclose their findings in the Parliament.
She said she is saddened by the behavior of the opposition and accused them of “shedding crocodile tears” on the issue.
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