Opposition must allow House to function, says Government

On Monday the Government said that it was ready for a debate in the Parliament on Sport's Minister Ajay Maken's statement on CWG which had blamed the NDA government for the appointment of sacked Common Wealth Games organizing committee chief Suresh Kalmadi- appealing the opposition to allow parliament to function. It was after the opposition moved a privilege motion against Maken for allegedly misleading the House, the appeal came. It was asserted by Kapil Sibal, the Union Human Resource Development Minister, that the Government was ready to discuss Maken's statement on CWG in the House. He however stated that the opposition must not hold Parliament to ransom. To the reporters in Delhi, it was told by Sibal that, We want the House to function under any circumstances. The constitutional process must be followed. All political parties should contemplate. We are for discussion. According to the Government, the parties can have views that are conflicting from each other but the House must be allowed to function. Sibad said that it is important that the House is allowed to run. Many important bills are pending and to the people of India they are all responsible. He stated that they have requested the opposition to raise the issue inside the Parliament. Also he added that they are all very happy for any debate.

The group of Ministers on media also met to firm up government response to the criticism stating that they expect the media to regulate by itself. According to Law Minister Salman Khursheed, there is a need to strengthen the democracy and there should be an open debate and it is upto the country to decide who is right and who is wrong. He again stated that it is about a person and during NAD'S regime no one said that BJP leader should resign so that the House should function.

The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley was earlier met by the Parliamentary affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. It is however asserted by the government that it will not accept the privilege motion against the Maken.

 

News Report By, SM