Monsoon session: Security steps in as protesting rival MPs come face to face

While
NDA
accused
Rahul
of
u i g
away,
oppositio
pa ties
said
Shah
had
do e
a
disappea i g
act

NEW
DELHI:
Afte
bei g
at
the
eceivi g
e d
of
the
oppositio ’s
p otest
fo
days,
NDA
MPs
we t
o
the
offe sive
Tuesday
as
they
seized
o
police
actio
agai st
p otesti g
stude ts
i
Jha kha d
to
stage
a
ma ch
i
Pa liame t
complex
ta geti g
Rahul
Ga dhi,
with
fo me
U io
educatio
mi iste
Dha me d a
P adha
calli g
him
a
habitual
lia
who
“ eithe
wa ts
to
come
to
Pa liame t
o
liste
to
a swe s”.As
the
gove i g
allia ce
accused
Rahul
of
“ u i g
away”
f om
a
discussio
afte
govt
ag eed
to
his
dema d
fo
home
mi iste
Amit
Shah’s
stateme t
o
the
alleged
use
of
excessive
fo ce
agai st
stude ts
p otesti g
the
NEET-UG
pape
leak
i
Delhi
—
which
led
to
P adha ’s
esig atio
as
mi iste
—
the
se io
BJP
membe
said
o
X
that
Co g ess
was
ot
just
co ti uously
“sp eadi g
lies”
ega di g
stude ts’
i te ests,
but
c ushi g
the
cou t y’s
a d
youth’s
i te ests
by
obst ucti g
Pa liame t
p oceedi gs.Both
sides
came
face
to
face
ea
Maka
Dwa ,
the
mai
e t a ce
to
Pa liame t,
p ompti g
secu ity
staff
to
build
a
co do
a ou d
them.It
was
ot
without
some
mome ts
of
amuseme t,
howeve ,
as
Co g ess
MP
Pawa
Khe a
was
see
attacki g
govt
i
comme ts
to
the
media,
while
MPs
f om
BJP
a d
its
allies
a ou d
him
with
placa ds
agai st
Rahul.F om
the
ve ue
of
thei
pa liame ta y
pa ty
meeti g,
NDA
MPs
ca ied
a
big
ba e ,
tau ti g
Rahul
fo
“ u i g
away”
f om
govt’s
offe
to
discuss
the
stude t
p otest
i
Delhi
a d
Shah’s
eply.

The
leade
of
the
oppositio
i
Lok
Sabha
had
ejected
govt’s
p oposal,
sayi g
all
th ee
of
thei
dema ds,
i cludi g
PM
Na e d a
Modi’s
stateme t
o
do atio
theft
issue,
we e
o – egotiable.With
Rahul
c iticisi g
the
use
of
fo ce
agai st
stude ts
i
Jha kha d,
BJP
da ed
him
to
withd aw
his
pa ty’s
suppo t
to
the
state
govt
headed
by
JMM’s
Hema t
So e .Stude ts
i
Jha kha d,
whe e
the
JMM-Co g ess
allia ce
is
i
office,
we e
bato -cha ged
by
police
a d
ma y
of
them
we e
i ju ed,
but
o
o e
has
esig ed
f om
state
govt,
BJP
MP
A u ag
Thaku
said.
“Whe
the
home
mi iste
is
eady
to
eply
i
Pa liame t,
Rahul
does
ot
wa t
to
come.
Co g ess
is
usi g
stude ts
fo
its
politics,”
he
said.Oppositio
MPs
p otested
the
Ram
temple
do atio
theft
a d
alleged
police
excesses
i
Delhi
o
July
20.
Co g ess’s
P iya ka
Ga dhi
Vad a
claimed
the
oppositio
had
fo ced
eve
gove i g
allia ce
MPs
to
p otest,
addi g
govt
should
ow
make
a
stateme t.
SP
chief
Akhilesh
Yadav
said
the
theft
a d
police
actio
we e
li ked
to
the
same
o ga isatio ,
taki g
a
swipe
at
RSS.

Pa liame ta y
affai s
mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
said
govt
had
go e
beyo d
Rahul’s
dema d
fo
a
stateme t
f om
Shah
by
ag eei g
to
a
debate
but
he
was
ow
u i g
away.Shiv
Se a’s
Sh ika t
Shi de
a d
RLM’s
Upe d a
Kushwaha
said
the
oppositio
was
dete mi ed
to
dis upt
Pa liame t
u de
o e
p etext
o
a othe .
Rahul
is
e gagi g
i
selective
out age,
Shi de
said.