Finance Minister terms Opposition’s refusal to discuss Manipur under Rule 176 in Rajya Sabha, shedding of “crocodile tears”

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Opposition parties have demanded the discussion be held under Rule 267, which entails suspension of all business for the discussion, can go on for indeterminate time, and entails voting at the end

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 31 said that the Opposition, and their shedding of “crocodile tears”, had been exposed to the public by their refusal to discuss Manipur in Parliament, despite a discussion being listed in the Rajya Sabha.

“We have been hearing again and again from the Opposition that the government is not ready to discuss Manipur. But today, when a discussion had been scheduled and the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha had also said a discussion will happen, the Opposition, which hasn’t spoken of anything other than a discussion on Manipur, ran away,” Ms. Sitharaman said at a press briefing outside Parliament.

News Mania Desk /Photo Credit -Sipra Das (National Consulting Photo Editor)
31 July 2023, Parliament ,New Delhi