Oppn parties made up their mind to not let Parliament function: Piyush Goyal

Following the adjournment of Rajya Sabha for the day Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that the Congress and opposition parties have made up their mind to not let the Parliament function smoothlyRajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Thursday and then after it resumed Leader of Opposition in the House Mallikarjun Kharge said he has been demanding a discussion on the Manipur issue since morning but has not been allowed one Dhankhar asked Opposition members to maintain decorum but continuous sloganeering forced him to adjourn the House for the dayWhile addressing reporters after the adjournment Union Minister said After seeing the oppositions attitude it becomes clear that they have made up their mind to not let the Parliament function smoothlyHe alleged that the opposition parties are disrupting the proceedings of the House even after the Central government said that it is ready to discuss the Manipur incidentsThe Central government made it clear that we are ready to discuss the Manipur incidents despite it the Congress and other opposition parties disrupted the proceedings of the House and did not let discussions take place as per the rules This makes it clear that they absolutely do not want the Parliament to function Goyal addedThe House which met at 12 noon after it was adjourned in the morning following obituary references saw opposition members urging the Chair that they had given notices for adjournment motion which should be consideredChairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said he had received 12 notices under Rule 176 for short duration discussion and the government had also expressed its willingness for discussion on the situation in ManipurThe Chairman said he had also received notices for discussion pertaining to rail safety and unemployment situation He said the government is ready for discussion on Manipur under Rule 176Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge referred to remarks of Union Minister Piyush Goyal about the governmentiquestiquests willingness to discuss the issue and said opposition members had also given noticesDerek OiquestiquestBrien of Trinamool Congress said that they had given notices under Rule 267 for discussion on Manipur situation over ethnic violence in the stateHe also said that Prime Minister Modi should speak on the House on the situation in Manipur Chairman adjourned the House till 2 pm amid din the HouseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever