‘Will take notes & respond’: Amit Shah ‘ready to debate’ in Parliament; Rahul says ‘minister has no courage’

Amit
Shah
says
‘ eady
to
sit
th ough,
take
otes
a d
espo d
to
a ythi g’
i
Pa liame t.

NEW
DELHI:
U io
home
mi iste
Amit
Shah
o
Wed esday
offe ed
to
sit
i
Pa liame t
f om
“3pm
today
till
3pm
the
ext
day”
to
hea
the
oppositio ‘s
co ce s
a d
espo d
to
eve y
poi t,
as
the
sta doff
ove
alleged
police
excesses
agai st
stude t
p oteste s
co ti ued.Shah’s
offe
came
amid
oppositio
p otests
dema di g
that
he
make
a
stateme t
i
Pa liame t
o
the
alleged
police
actio
agai st
stude ts
du i g
thei
July
20
ma ch
ove
the
NEET
pape
leak
issue.Speaki g
to
epo te s,
Shah
ejected
Oppositio
allegatio s
that
he
had
bee
abse t
f om
Pa liame t
a d
said
the
gove me t
was
eady
fo
a
detailed
discussio
o
the
issue.”Fi st
of
all,
te ms
like
‘laapata’,
‘bhaag
gaye’
a e
the
ki d
of
la guage
i c easi gly
bei g
hea d
i
I dia’s
public
a d
pa liame ta y
life.
I
have
bee
comi g
to
Pa liame t
egula ly
si ce
the
sessio
bega ;
I
sit
i
my
chambe ,
but
si ce
the
oppositio
is
ot
allowi g
Pa liame t
to
fu ctio —i
eithe
House—what
is
o e
supposed
to
do?”
Shah
said.He
said
Pa liame ta y
Affai s
Mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
had
al eady
made
it
clea
that
the
gove me t
was
eady
fo
a
full
discussio
o
the
stude t
p otests.”We
asked
fo
a
time
to
be
fixed
a d
fo
the
Oppositio
to
be
eady.

That
was
thei
i itial
dema d,
a d
we
ag eed
to
it.
I,
too,
have
stated
that
I
am
eady
to
a swe
a y
questio
i
Pa liame t,
yet
they
simply
do
ot
wa t
the
discussio
to
take
place,”
Shah
said.”Now,
let
the
public
decide
who
is
u i g
away.
Let
them
submit
a
lette
to
the
Speake
by
3:00
PM
today.
We
a e
eady
fo
a
discussio
o
all
aspects
f om
3:00
PM
today
u til
3:00
PM
tomo ow.
I
will
sit
i
the
House;
I
will
liste
to
eve yo e
a d
espo d
to
eve y
poi t.
The
gove me t
has
othi g
to
hide,”
he
added.Shah
said
he
was
eve
willi g
to
discuss
why
the
Oppositio
had
ot
allowed
the
debate
to
take
place.”The
NDA
gove me t—u de
Modi
ji’s
leade ship
is
eady
to
discuss
a ythi g;
they
just
eed
to
let
Pa liame t
fu ctio ,”
he
said.Elabo ati g
o
his
offe ,
Shah
said,
“I
wa t
to
tell
the
oppositio :
submit
a
lette
to
the
Speake
by
2:00
PM,
we
will
sta t
the
discussio
at
3:00
PM,
a d
I
will
p ovide
a swe s
to
eve ythi g
by
3:00
PM
tomo ow.””The e
a e
established
ules
a d
p ocedu es
fo
pa liame ta y
discussio s.
Yet,
some
ask
me
to
simply
make
a
stateme t.
Such
a
se ious
issue
ca ot
be
discussed
i
that
ma e .
That
may
be
you
method,
but
it
is
ot
the
pa liame ta y
way.
I
Pa liame t,
discussio s
a e
held
at
le gth,”
he
said.”I
Pa liame t,
discussio s
a e
held
at
le gth.
I
am
eady
fo
the
debate
to
co ti ue
f om
3:00
PM
today—sitti g
late
i to
the
ight
a d
co ti ui g
u til
3:00
PM
tomo ow;
I
am
eve
p epa ed
to
suspe d
the
Questio
Hou
if
the
Speake
g a ts
pe missio ,”
Shah
said.”I
am
eady
fo
the
discussio
to
go
o
u til
3:00
PM
tomo ow.
I
will
sit
th ough
it
myself,
take
otes
o
eve ythi g,
a d
espo d
to
eve y
poi t
so
that
the
e ti e
matte
becomes
clea
to
the
people
of
the
cou t y—so
that
the
t uth
is
fully
evealed.
Now,
the
Oppositio
must
decide
whethe
they
wa t
to
e gage
i
a
discussio
o
c eate
a
up oa ,”
he
added.Rahul
Ga dhi
hits
backLeade
of
Oppositio
i
the
Lok
Sabha
Rahul
Ga dhi
ejected
Shah’s
offe ,
sayi g
the
Oppositio
was
seeki g
a swe s
o
the
alleged
police
actio
agai st
stude ts
athe
tha
a
lectu e
f om
the
home
mi iste .”The
Oppositio
has
clea ly
said
that
we
a e
ot
i te ested
i
Amit
Shah
givi g
us
a
lectu e.
Whe
I
say
‘we’,
I
mea
the
you ge
ge e atio
of
this
cou t y.
Who
shot
the
stude ts?
Who
gave
the
o de
to
beat
up
the
stude ts
with
lathis
with
ails?
Did
Amit
Shah
give
this
o de
to
shoot
ou
child e ?
If
he
did,
the
he
should
esig .
Fo
the
last
20
days,
Amit
Shah
has
bee
missi g.
The
Home
Mi iste
of
I dia
has
o
cou age;
he
ca ot
come
to
the
House,”
Rahul
said.“Did
Home
Mi iste
Shah
give
o de s
to
shoot
ou
child e
o
ot;
if
he
did,
he
is
culpable
a d
if
he
did
ot,
he
is
i compete t:
Rahul
Ga dhi,”
he
added.The
Oppositio
has
bee
dema di g
Shah’s
p ese ce
i
Pa liame t
a d
a
stateme t
o
the
alleged
police
excesses
agai st
stude ts.Ea lie
i
the
day,
Oppositio
MPs,
i cludi g
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
a d
pa ty
ge e al
sec eta y
P iya ka
Ga dhi
Vad a,
staged
a
p otest
i
the
Pa liame t
House
Complex
ove
the
alleged
theft
of
do atio s
at
the
Ram
temple
i
Ayodhya
a d
the
alleged
police
excesses
agai st
stude t
p oteste s.P iya ka
also
questio ed
the
gove me t
ove
the
alleged
use
of
fo ce
agai st
stude ts.”Who
do
you
thi k
is
espo sible
fo
this?
A e
you
(Home
Mi iste
Amit
Shah)
ot
a swe able
to
the
people
whe
you
lathi-cha ge
stude ts
a d
use
pellet
gu s
agai st
them,
a d
use
AK-47
o
them
i
Biha ?
Should
we
sit
quietly
like
you
all
(the
media)?”
she
said.The
INDIA
bloc
has
bee
p otesti g
fo
mo e
tha
th ee
weeks,
dema di g
Shah’s
p ese ce
i
the
House
a d
a
stateme t
f om
him.Gove me t,
Oppositio
emai
at
oddsThe
gove me t’s
offe
of
a
debate
a d
Shah’s
espo se
failed
to
b eak
the
stalemate,
with
the
Co g ess
i sisti g
that
the
home
mi iste
specifically
add ess
who
o de ed
the
alleged
use
of
pellet
gu s
agai st
stude ts.The
Co g ess
has
also
mai tai ed
that
its
dema d
fo
a
discussio
o
the
alleged
theft
of
fu ds
at
the
Ram
temple
is
” o – egotiable”.Ea lie
o
Mo day,
Pa liame ta y
Affai s
Mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
said
the
gove me t
was
eady
fo
a
detailed
discussio
o
the
stude t
p otests
a d
u ged
the
Oppositio
ot
to
dis upt
p oceedi gs
whe
Shah
espo ds.”The
offe
made
by
the
gove me t
is
ve y
clea
that
it
is
eady
to
have
a
full
a d
detailed
discussio
o
stude ts’
moveme t
a d
activities
elated
to
it,”
Rijiju
said.”My
o ly
poi t
made
to
the
oppositio
is
that
while
the
discussio
a d
a
eply
a e
bei g
made,
the
oppositio
should
ot
c eate
distu ba ces
to
p eve t
the
stateme t
of
the
Home
Mi iste ,”
he
added.
“They
must
liste
to
the
eply
of
the
home
mi iste
a d
the
gove me t.

O ce
discussio
begi s,
we
must
have
a
th eadba e
discussio .”Rijiju’s
ema ks
came
afte
Rahul
Ga dhi
c iticised
the
Ce t e
ove
the
alleged
police
actio
du i g
the
July
20
stude t
p otests
at
Ja ta
Ma ta
a d
dema ded
a
cou t-mo ito ed
p obe.Pa liame t
p oceedi gs
have
epeatedly
bee
dis upted
du i g
the
Mo soo
Sessio ,
with
seve al
Bills
passed
by
the
Lok
Sabha
amid
the
co ti ui g
deadlock.

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