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Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday appealed to opposition parties to allow Parliament to function so that the remainder of the Winter session would be “utilised” as the government is ready for a debate on any issue.
“I appeal to Opposition parties to come back to the discussion table, allow the House to function and see to it that the people’s aspirations are met in Parliament,” Naidu said.
The comments came with a few days left for the month-long Winter session of the Parliament to conclude. Parliament will not meet on Mondya and Tuesday on account of Eid-e-Milad-un Nabi.
“We are ready to do anything but those people (Opposition) are not allowing Parliament to function. Whether they have understood the reason (behind the disruption) or not we have really not understood,” said the Information and Broadcasting minister.
Both Houses of Parliament have witnessed heated exchanges between the government and the Opposition over the way a debate should take place on demonetisation.
“Parliament should run and the remaining time of the session should be utilised ... Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) is also not being allowed to speak so he had to go to people’s assembly,” Naidu said.
Citing the comments of President Pranab Mukherjee and veteran BJP leader L K Advani, the minister said,”It is in everyone’s heart to see that Parliament runs smoothly.”
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