Monsoon Session: Govt offers Amit Shah statement in Parliament, opposition doesn’t relent

The
Mo soo
Sessio
of
Pa liame t
has
bee
ma ed
by
oppositio
p otests
si ce
it
bega
o
July
20.

NEW
DELHI:
Govt
Mo day
ag eed
to
a
debate
i
Pa liame t
o
the
ece t
stude t
p otest
a d
home
mi iste
Amit
Shah’s
stateme t
o
the
issue,
but
it
failed
to
b eak
the
impasse
as
Co g ess
i sisted
that
all
its
dema ds,
i cludi g
PM
Modi’s
apology
fo
alleged
police
excesses
agai st
p oteste s
a d
a
stateme t
o
embezzleme t
of
Ram
temple
fu ds,
be
met.“Co g ess
a d
Rahul
Ga dhi
have
bee
dema di g
a
stateme t
f om
Shah
f om
day
o e
(of
Pa liame t’s
mo soo
sessio ).
Govt
is
eady
to
hold
a
discussio
a d
give
a
detailed
espo se.
I
equest
Co g ess
ot
to
walk
out
du i g
his
(Shah’s)
stateme t.
It
should
ot
be
sca ed
a d
u
away,”
pa liame ta y
affai s
mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
said.The
oppositio ,
howeve ,
pe sisted
with
its
p otests,
leadi g
Rijiju
to
accuse
Rahul
of
shifti g
goalposts.
The
leade
of
the
oppositio
said
all
the
issues
aised
by
Co g ess
a e
“ o – egotiable”
.Ready
to
discuss
eve y
issue
i side
the
House,
says
Nadda“It
appea s
that
his
i te tio
is
to
p eve t
the
House
f om
fu ctio i g.
Rahul
Ga dhi,
do
ot
u
away
f om
discussio .
We
a e
p epa ed
to
discuss
eve y
issue
i side
the
House,”
Leade
of
the
House
i
Rajya
Sabha
J
P
Nadda
said
afte
Rahul
was
joi ed
by
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
i
ejecti g
govt’s
p oposal.

Nadda
also
de ied
that
police
had
fi ed
at
p oteste s
o
July
20.Ma ed
by
oppositio
p otests
si ce
the
sessio
bega
o
July
20,
except
fo
a
a imated
debate
o
the
NEET
pape
leak
a d
elated
issues,
LS
agai
faced
a
couple
of
adjou me ts
Mo day
befo e
Rijiju
co veyed
govt’s
p oposal.Rijiju
had
put
fo th
govt’s
sta d
ea lie
at
a
meeti g
of
floo
leade s
of
diffe e t
pa ties
chai ed
by
Speake
Om
Bi la,
a d
some
oppositio
MPs
saw
i
it
a
bid
to
divide
thei
a ks,
as
the
mi iste
made
o
commitme t
to
the
dema d
of
a
discussio
o
the
theft
of
do atio s
at
Ram
temple,
a
dema d
p ima ily
take
by
Samajwadi
Pa ty.The
oppositio
has,
howeve ,
so
fa
ot
laid
out
the
seque ce
i
which
they
wa ted
the
issues
to
be
discussed.
SP
chief
Akhilesh
Yadav
said
the
b each
of
faith
of
c o es
of
devotees
was
ot
a
o mal
issue
a d
it
must
be
discussed.Speaki g
to
epo te s
late ,
both
Kha ge
a d
Rahul
said
Shah
must
make
a
stateme t
i
Pa liame t
o
who
autho ised
the
“b utality”
o
stude ts.
Rahul
said
the
cou t y
was
ot
i te ested
i
Shah’s
“fa tasy
co ve satio s”
o
ge e al
issues
but
wa ted
to
k ow
specifically
if
he
o de ed
the
shooti g
of
pellet
gu s
a d
use
of
ail-studded
lathis
o
stude ts.

“Shah
should
come
clea …
We
a e
seeki g
his
esig atio ,”
he
said.All
th ee
dema ds
a e
o – egotiable,
Kha ge
st essed,
suggesti g
the
sta d-off
is
u likely
to
e d
i
days
to
come
as
mo soo
sessio
e ds
Aug
13.I
a
cou te
p esse ,
Nadda
accused
Rahul
of
misleadi g
people
by
maki g
a
baseless
allegatio
that
shots
we e
fi ed
at
stude t
p oteste s
du i g
thei
ma ch
to
Pa liame t
o
July
20.
“Rahul
has
bee
dis upti g
the
House
fo
ove
15
days
by
speaki g
lies
a d
sp eadi g
co fusio .
His
i te tio
is
ot
to
e gage
i
discussio
but
to
stoke
a a chy,”
the
health
mi iste
claimed.Shah
is
willi g
to
eply
to
eve y
claim
if
Co g ess
allows
the
House
to
fu ctio ,
he
said,
addi g
that
the
pa ty
has
a
histo y
of
u i g
away
f om
debates,
ecalli g
that
it
had
sought
a
discussio
o
SIR
but
walked
out
du i g
govt’s
eply.