Amit Shah ‘No-Show’ In Lok Sabha? ‘Shah Was Ready’: Rijiju Hits Back Over Parliament Logjam

The
Co g ess
o
Tuesday
took
a
swipe
at
U io
Home
Mi iste
Amit
Shah
ove
his
abse ce
f om
the
Lok
Sabha,
with
pa ty
ge e al
sec eta y
Jai am
Ramesh
calli g
him
a
” o-show”
despite
busi ess
epo tedly
bei g
listed
agai st
his
ame.

U io
Pa liame ta y
Affai s
Mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
hit
back
at
the
Oppositio ,
sayi g
Shah
was
” eady”
with
his
eply
a d
accusi g
the
Co g ess
of
p eve ti g
a
discussio
i
Pa liame t.

The
wa
of
wo ds
came
a
day
afte
the
gove me t
offe ed
to
hold
a
debate
o
stude ts’
issues
a d
police
actio
i
Pa liame t,
with
Shah
set
to
espo d,
i
a
attempt
to
e d
the
two-week-lo g
logjam.

Jai am
Ramesh
Ta gets
Amit
Shah

I
a
post
o
X,
Ramesh
said
Shah
was
abse t
f om
the
Lok
Sabha
despite
busi ess
bei g
listed
agai st
his
ame.

“Afte
all
that
pla ti g
of
ews
a d
despe ate
attempts
to
shift
the
a ative,
the
U io
Home
Mi iste
was
a
o-show
i
the
Lok
Sabha
today
as
well
–
eve
though
he
had
busi ess
listed
agai st
his
ame.”

“O ce
agai ,
he
has
p oved
that
those
who
i timidate
a e
themselves
cowa ds,”
Ramesh
said.

He
also
desc ibed
it
as
“t uly
u p ecede ted”
that
Shah
had
bee
“missi g
f om
the
Lok
Sabha
a d
the
Rajya
Sabha”
fo
17
days.

“The
questio
atu ally
a ises:
Is
he
well?
Is
all
ok
betwee
#
1
a d
#2?
The
atio
wa ts
to
k ow,”
Ramesh
said.

Rijiju:
‘Shah
Had
The
Reply
Ready’

Respo di g
to
the
Oppositio ‘s
allegatio s,
Rijiju
said
the
gove me t
had
al eady
offe ed
a
“complete
a d
detailed
discussio
ove
eve ythi g
which
happe ed
a ou d
the
stude ts’
p otest”.

He
said
the
gove me t
a d
Shah
“had
the
eply
eady”.

“But
they
(the
oppositio )
a e
ot
letti g
a
discussio
happe .
Today,
too,
we
we e
eady.
But
Co g ess
a
away
a d
sloga ee ed
outside,
ot
letti g
a
discussio
take
place,”
Rijiju
told
epo te s
outside
Pa liame t,
ANI
epo ted.

Rijiju
said
it
was
“u fo tu ate”
that
the
Co g ess
“is
u i g
away
f om
discussio “,
addi g
that
it
was
“clea
to
the
people”
that
the
Ce t e
was
eady
fo
a
debate.

“What
did
Rahul
Ga dhi
say
f om
the
begi i g?
That
Home
Mi iste
should
issue
a
stateme t.
We
a e
sayi g
that
we
will
have
a
full-fledged
discussio
a d
eply
o
each
a d
eve y
poi t…Whe
that
happe s,
eve ythi g
will
be
clea ,”
he
said.

“Rahul
Ga dhi
has
u
away.
Mo soo
sessio
is
at
its
e d,
Govt
has
made
a
offe
of
detailed
discussio
o
stude ts’
p otest.
Co g ess
pa ty
should
ot
u
away,”
he
added.

Oppositio
Seeks
Specific
Respo ses

The
gove me t’s
offe
came
as
the
Oppositio
co ti ued
to
dema d
specific
espo ses
o
alleged
police
b utality
agai st
stude t
p oteste s
i
Delhi
a d
alleged
embezzleme t
of
do atio s
at
the
Ram
Temple
i
Ayodhya.

The
Oppositio
has
also
sought
a
apology
f om
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi.

The
Pa liame t
stalemate
has
co ti ued
fo
two
weeks,
with
the
latest
excha ge
betwee
the
Co g ess
a d
the
gove me t
addi g
a othe
laye
to
the
co f o tatio
ove
the
p oposed
discussio .

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