Ready for long debate, can answer any question but opposition doesn’t want it: Amit Shah

Shah
said
govt
had
othi g
to
hide
ove
a
issue
his
ivals
have
used
to
attack
him.

NEW
DELHI:
Home
mi iste

Amit
Shah
o
Wed esday
flu g
a
challe ge
at
the
oppositio
fo
a
comp ehe sive
debate
ove
police
actio
du i g
the
a ti-NEET
p otests
i
Delhi
o
July
20,
sayi g
he
was
eady
fo
a
24-hou -lo g
debate
i
Pa liame t
at
a
hou ’s
otice
ove
thei
cha ge
of
police
excesses
agai st
p otesti g
stude ts.
He
said
govt
had
othi g
to
hide
ove
a
issue
his
ivals
have
used
to
attack
him.“If
they
give
thei
co se t
fo
discussio
to
Lok
Sabha
Speake
Om
Bi la
at
2
pm,
a
debate
ca
begi
at
3
pm
a d
go
o
till
3
pm
the
ext
day.
I
am
eady
to
a swe
a y
questio .
But
they
(oppositio )
do
ot
wa t
debate
to
take
place
i
Pa liame t.
Let
the
people
decide
who
is
u i g
away,”
he
told
the
media
a
day
befo e
the
e d
of
the
mo soo
sessio ,
which
has
bee
ma ed
by
the
oppositio ’s
dis uptio s
ove
a
host
of
issues.
Soo
afte ,
pa liame ta y
affai s
mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
said
govt
could
eve
push
fo
the
sessio ’s
exte sio
if
the
oppositio
wa ts.BJP

accuses
Rahul
of
‘a ti-democ acy,
a a chic’
mi dsetShah
said
while
the
oppositio
had
i itially
dema ded
his
stateme t,
govt
had
go e
beyo d
it
by
ag eei g
to
a
exte sive
debate
followed
by
his
eply
so
that
people
could
decide
who
was
ight
a d
who
was
w o g.Amit
Shah’s
agg essive
cou te
was
seco ded
by
a
host
of
se io
BJP
fu ctio a ies,
with
pa ty
p eside t
Niti
Nabi
sayi g
the
co duct
of
Rahul
a d
the
e ti e
oppositio
was
eflective
of
thei
“a a chic
a d
a ti-democ acy”
mi dset.

“The
e ti e
sessio
is
about
to
be
ove
but
they
did
ot
ag ee
to
a
se ious
discussio
ove
a y
issue,”
he
said,
accusi g
them
of
u i g
away
afte
govt’s
offe
of
a
debate.With
INDIA
bloc
MPs
f eque tly
accusi g
him
of
“ u i g
away”
f om
Pa liame t,
Shah
hit
back
a d
said
he
was
egula ly
i
his
chambe
i
the
House.
Whe
the
oppositio
was
ot
letti g
the
House
fu ctio ,
what
was
the
poi t
of
him
goi g
the e,
he
asked.

Exp essi g
a guish
at
his
oppo e ts’
jibes
like
“lapata”
(missi g)
a d
“bhago a”
(fugitive)
fo
him,
Shah
said
these
te ms
we e
bei g
used
o ly
ece tly
i
pa liame ta y
discou se.The
mi iste
late
w ote
to
the
Speake ,
u gi g
him
to
each
out
to
the
oppositio
so
that
a
discussio
could
begi .
“You
ca
allot
as
much
time
you
thi k
app op iate
with
mutual
ag eeme t.
I
wa t
to
pa ticipate
i
the
discussio
a d
I’m
eady
to
a swe
eve y
questio
of
the
oppositio ,”
he
said,
addi g
that
a
solutio
to
a y
issue
i
democ acy
eme ged
f om
dialogue
a d
discussio .Co g ess
had
o malised
dis uptio
i
Pa liame t,
he
said,
addi g
a
pa ty
which
gove ed
I dia
fo
decades
had
falle
to
such
a
low
that
it
did
ot
wa t
discussio
i
the
House.