The Congress has to fight its battle legally, he added. Fighting corruption, which he says has drained $1.5 trillion out of India, would. Now, when the Prime Minister called the Congress leaders, Mrs. Gandhi and Dr. Manmohan Singh visited him, and they discussed the matter. “Congress and its friends made a wash away of the monsoon session; they are doing the same now in winter session”, the senior BJP leader bemoaned.
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Rubbishing Congress’ allegations, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said the National Herald case must be sorted out in Court and not in Parliament. They are either too sure that they would come unscathed in the case, in which case they have to milk it to the maximum for positive perception building or they are aware that things are dicey, in which case they have to prepare ground for public sympathy.
Sensex rebounds 216.27 points to close at 25,252.32; Nifty climbs 70.80 points to 7,683.30Maharashtra govt will decide on further course of action in Salman case after examining High Court verdict, says CM Devendra FadnavisIt is the govt’s responsibility to run Parliament. They have transferred the income of a political party to a real estate company. Despite Modi having thrown the ball in the Opposition’s court last week, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was unrelenting in his attack on the prime minister. It’s not a normal case of witch-hunting, it’s a case of cheating and fraud.
The party today stated that its protest in Parliament is aimed at seeking accountability on issues like the continuation of General VK Singh in the Council of Ministers for his anti-Dalit remarks. “It is not only GST but many pro-poor steps are stuck in Parliament”, he said. “We have told the government that we have differences with them on three issues”.
“And their lawyers are not able to help them…and finding themselves in difficulty, they are holding the democracy of the country to ransom”, he said.
“Parliament should function and we also want Parliament to function”. We have heard it all, and in the final analysis nothing justifies stalling of Parliament.
Several Congress members trooped into the Well of the House shouting anti-government slogans like “Modi teri tanashahi nahi chalegi, nahi chalegi (Dictatorship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be tolerated)” and “Hitlershahi nahi chalegi (Hitler-like attitude will not be tolerated)”.
Like the previous two days, proceedings in Rajya Sabha were washed out on Thursday as Congress members continued to create uproar over the Herald case, triggering protests from the ruling side which contended that the House was being held “hostage”.
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“You must have seen that these days this (disruptions) is being seen more”.
