By PTI
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday asked Union Home Minister Amit Shah why he was not giving a statement in Parliament on the security breach issue but was giving interviews to TV channels.
He also asked if “illegally” suspending MPs who asked questions on the Parliament breach was justice.
“What kind of justice is it to illegally suspend opposition MPs over the huge lapse in security of Parliament and its MPs,” Kharge asked.
Having endangered National Security and the safety of the temple of our Democracy — the Parliament, the BJP is now shooting the messenger.The suspension of 15 opposition MPs from the Parliament because they wanted a discussion on the grave security breach is SUSPENSION OF…
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) December 14, 2023
He said that leaders of various parties had met in the morning to discuss their joint strategy in both houses.
Several MPs suspended on Thursday for disrupting the House with their protest on the security breach issue staged a silent protest in the Parliament complex against the suspension.
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury with suspended MPs V.K. Sreekandan, Derek O’Brien, and others at a protest during the Winter session of Parliament | PTI
Kharge said the Home Minister of the country can give interviews on TV but is averse to stating the floor of Parliament.
“INDIA parties demand that Shri Amit Shah should give a statement in the Parliament and then it should be discussed in both the houses,” the Congress chief said.
“It is our duty to raise our voice on this serious issue of national security, it is our parliamentary duty,” Kharge also said in a post in Hindi on X.
READ MORE | Parliament security breach: Bundles of contradictions & where does it lead?
AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh concurred with his colleague’s demand for a statement from Shah on the “shocking” security breach.
“MPs of the INDIA parties are demanding that the Home Minister make a statement in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the shocking incidents of December 13, 2023, involving intruders into the Lok Sabha whose entry was facilitated by a BJP MP Pratap Simha.
MPs of the INDIA parties are demanding that the Home Minister make a statement in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the shocking incidents of December 13, 2023 involving intruders into the Lok Sabha whose entry was facilitated by a BJP MP, Pratap Simha.The Home Minister is…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 15, 2023
“The Home Minister is simply refusing to make such a statement on what is a very serious security issue.
His refusal has led both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to get adjourned till 2 pm today,” Ramesh said after both houses were adjourned amid opposition protests. Follow channel on WhatsApp
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday asked Union Home Minister Amit Shah why he was not giving a statement in Parliament on the security breach issue but was giving interviews to TV channels.
He also asked if “illegally” suspending MPs who asked questions on the Parliament breach was justice.
“What kind of justice is it to illegally suspend opposition MPs over the huge lapse in security of Parliament and its MPs,” Kharge asked.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
Having endangered National Security and the safety of the temple of our Democracy — the Parliament, the BJP is now shooting the messenger.
The suspension of 15 opposition MPs from the Parliament because they wanted a discussion on the grave security breach is SUSPENSION OF…
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) December 14, 2023
He said that leaders of various parties had met in the morning to discuss their joint strategy in both houses.
Several MPs suspended on Thursday for disrupting the House with their protest on the security breach issue staged a silent protest in the Parliament complex against the suspension.
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury with suspended MPs V.K. Sreekandan, Derek O’Brien, and others at a protest during the Winter session of Parliament | PTI
Kharge said the Home Minister of the country can give interviews on TV but is averse to stating the floor of Parliament.
“INDIA parties demand that Shri Amit Shah should give a statement in the Parliament and then it should be discussed in both the houses,” the Congress chief said.
“It is our duty to raise our voice on this serious issue of national security, it is our parliamentary duty,” Kharge also said in a post in Hindi on X.
READ MORE | Parliament security breach: Bundles of contradictions & where does it lead?
AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh concurred with his colleague’s demand for a statement from Shah on the “shocking” security breach.
“MPs of the INDIA parties are demanding that the Home Minister make a statement in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the shocking incidents of December 13, 2023, involving intruders into the Lok Sabha whose entry was facilitated by a BJP MP Pratap Simha.
MPs of the INDIA parties are demanding that the Home Minister make a statement in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the shocking incidents of December 13, 2023 involving intruders into the Lok Sabha whose entry was facilitated by a BJP MP, Pratap Simha.
The Home Minister is…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 15, 2023
“The Home Minister is simply refusing to make such a statement on what is a very serious security issue.
His refusal has led both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to get adjourned till 2 pm today,” Ramesh said after both houses were adjourned amid opposition protests. Follow channel on WhatsApp
