Government Says Ready To Discuss Manipur Situation In Parliament
NDTV
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the government was ready to discuss all matters in parliament, including the 2-month-long violence in Manipur, in which more than 80 people have died.
The Centre today said that it was ready for a discussion on the violence in Manipur during the monsoon session of Parliament – a subject the Opposition accuses it of dodging. At a meeting of the business advisory committee ahead of the monsoon session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the government was ready to discuss all matters in parliament, including the 2-month-long violence in Manipur, in which more than 80 people have died.
The Congress earlier said discussion on issues like price rise and Manipur is "non-negotiable". The party has been seeking a response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3.
"We call ourselves the mother of democracy, what sort of mother of democracy we have when the prime minister is not speaking, when he is not even attending (Parliament), when issues of public concern are not allowed to be raised, when issues of public concern are not being allowed to be raised, when remarks are being expunged," Congress's Jairam Ramesh was quoted as saying by news agency Press Trust of India.
