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Demand for debate on

Manipur turns bitter as Opposition seeks

no-confidence vote on Modi Govt.

The Parliament sees a ‘slogan war’ as Opposition MPs demand Prime Minister

Narendra Modi’s statement on the Manipur issue

OUR BUREAU the Lok Sabha Speaker”.
The Jan Vishwas (Amendment
New Delhi/Imphal
of Provisions) Bill, 2023, as report-
n the seventh day of the Par- ed by Joint Committee, was passed
liament Monsoon session on in Lok Sabha on Thursday after the
OFriday, several MPs from op- House resumed at 3 pm amid slo-
position parties gave notices in Lok ganeering by the Opposition mem-
Sabha and Rajya Sabha, seeking a bers over Manipur.
discussion on the Manipur issue, The Parliament is witnessing
which has been a key reason for the a ‘slogan war’, as Opposition MPs
continuous logjam in both Houses are continuously shouting slogans
since the session commenced. against Prime Minister Narendra
Modi seeking his statement on the
Opposition parties on Friday Manipur issue, forcing adjourn-
ments in both the Houses.
alleged that the government Following the disruptions, Rajya
is “subverting” Parliamenta- Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar
on Friday held a meeting with lead-
ry traditions by passing Bills ers of all Opposition parties to dis-

even as the motion of no-con- cuss ending the logjam and to start
the proceedings of the House to be
fidence has been accepted in held next week. Congress MP Pra-
Lok Sabha. mod Tiwari who attended the meet-
ing representing the party along with
Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Jaya Bachchan and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Jairam Ramesh said that the PM
Amid the clamor from the Op- should speak on Manipur inside the
position for a debate on the vote Sanjay Singh stage a protest at Parliament House against the Manipur violence during Parliament.
of no confidence filed against the the Monsoon Session, in New Delhi on Friday (ANI) Union Minister Piyush Goyal,
Centre in the Lok Sabha over the after the meeting, while addressing a
Manipur situation, Union Parlia- confidence).” Joshi also said there the Lok Sabha Speaker set a date for press conference said that the Chair-
mentary Affairs Minister Pralhad is no better floor than Parliament voting on the no-confidence motion man has suggested that this logjam
Joshi on Friday said the govern- to discuss the prevailing situation in against the Centre filed earlier. The should be ended through proper dis-
ment was confident it had numbers Manipur. motion, on behalf of the Opposition cussion.
to sail through a no-confidence “If they want the truth (regard- alliance, was tabled earlier by Con- The meeting was an attempt at
vote, should it happen. ing Manipur) to come out, there is gress Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi. reaching out to the opposition in a
Speaking to reporters ahead no better floor than this (Parlia- Meanwhile, the Leader of the bid to bring normalcy to the House
of the seventh day of the ongoing ment) for a discussion and debate,” Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Adhir and allow it to function. Chairman
Monsoon Session of Parliament on he added. Ranjan Chowdhury, also demand- Dhankhar has asked all the leaders
Friday, the Union Minister said, Members of the grand Opposi- ed an immediate discussion on the to convey the Chairman’s message to
“They (Opposition) do not take part tion alliance, I.N.D.I.A, have been no-confidence motion. “We have their top leadership and take a ratio-
in discussions and neither cooper- adamant on the demand that all moved a no-confidence motion un- nal decision in two or three days.
ate in ensuring passage of Bills in listed businesses in both Houses be der Rule 198. As per this rule, a dis- On Thursday, MPs from the
Parliament. We were ready to take aside for a discussion on the Mani- cussion on the motion should hap- INDIA group of parties turned up
constructive suggestions from them, pur situation. They have also been pen immediately,” he said. in black attire to protest against the
but they brought a no-confidence insisting on a statement from Prime Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha Prime Minister’s silence on Mani-
motion all of a sudden. We will have Minister Narendra Modi on the pre- MP Raghav Chadha also objected to pur, where ethnic clashes have been
discussions on the no-confidence vailing state of affairs in the North- the tabling and passing of the Bills going on since the first week of May.
motion as and when required. We east state. in both Houses, saying, “no Bill is The government’s stand, on the oth-
are not too worried as we have the The Opposition members are introduced in Parliament after a er hand, has been that it is ready for
numbers (to survive the vote of no also pushing for the demand that no-confidence motion is accepted by a discussion.

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