'PM Modi should come to Parliament for 'comprehensive' discussion on Manipur'

The Opposition on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should stop insulting the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha and come to Parliament for a comprehensive discussion without any time limits on the Manipur violenceCongress deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Pramod Tiwari said the first priority should be to hold a comprehensive and detailed discussion on the Manipur situation in Parliament going by the fact that people have been killed and the chief minister himself has admitted that several such incidents have happened in the stateNo one knows how many incidents of rape have happened he addedThe prime minister who under Article 75 of the Constitution is answerable to Parliament Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha should come inside Parliament and speak Tiwari saidCan he cite a reason for not coming to Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha even when he is within the country Till when will he stop insulting the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha This insult is not of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha but of Indias 130 crore people What is it that he wants to hide the Congress leader asked noting that the prime minister has not spoken a word on Manipur in ParliamentWhat facts can be brought out in a twohour discussion as opposition bloc INDIAs MPs have themselves seen the situation in Manipur and want to put across what they have witnessed he said demanding a detailed discussion in Parliament on the ethnic violence in the northeastern stateRemember Mahabharat was held for one Droupadi but here the modesty of several Droupadis is being outraged he said adding that in the Manipur case the modesty of a Kargil soldiers wife is being outragedWe want a discussion under rule 267 and all other business should be set aside and the prime minister who knows everything should come to the House and a discussion without any time limit be held the Congress leader saidTMC leader Derek OBrien said the prime minister has not come to Parliament for even 20 seconds in the eight days of the Monsoon session so farWhere is the prime minister of India on day eight of Parliament he askedManipur situation is a serious issue with all parties asking for a discussion under the emergency rule by suspending all other business but no discussion is being held he saidWhy cant the prime minister come We are all ready to discuss Manipur OBrien saidHe said the INDIA delegation went to Manipur after a Congress delegation under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi went there besides some other parties that saw the ground situation in the stateWe want to discuss Manipur under an emergency rule not a toast and butter rule of 176 A 15 hour or twohour discussion is not done That is toast and butter rule we want a full meal discussion on ManipurMister Prime Minister who the hell do you think you are Pandit Nehru had come and spoke in Rajya Sabha on a serious subject and participated in the debate the TMC leader saidFormer prime ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee Manmohan Singh had come to the Rajya Sabha to discuss issues even Rajiv Gandhi had to came and discussed Bofors when he was falsely accused He had the guts to come and discuss Bofors in the Rajya Sabha OBrien saidMr Prime Minister you are so arrogant You have a heart of stone The women and children of Manipur the people of Manipur are suffering They dont want a Maggie noodles of twominute twohour discussion We want a fullfledged discussion under emergency rule 267 Bring that and start the discussion at 2 pm Do not mislead the young people of India do not mislead them he saidBoth houses of Parliament on Monday were adjourned amid uproar after opposition members insisted on a detailed discussion on the Manipur violenceThe opposition MPs have been demanding a discussion under rules after setting aside all business and the prime minister come to Parliament and make a statement on Manipur in both HousesThis 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