New Delhi: The issue of controversial remarks made by Union Minister of State for Food Processing, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, is expected to cause uproar in Parliament on Friday as well. Here are the live updates:
10:54 am: It is the mindset of the top leaders of the country to not allow democratic conversation in the House - Rahul
10:52 am: The Opposition is not being allowed to say what it wants to say. We we are trying to say is being blocked and suppressed - Rahul
10:51 am: The attitude is to not let people’s expression be heard in the House - Rahul
10:50 am: Rahul Gandhi attacks Narendra Modi government, says it's attitude is not to allow democratic process in the House.
10:45 am: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and other opposition MPs protest against Union minister Niranjan Jyoti's controversial remarks outside Parliament by tying black cloth around their mouth.
9:50 am: The Union Cabinet is meeting at the Parliament complex.
9:40 am: Top BJP MPs are meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to decide floor strategy in Parliament in the wake of Opposition onslaught over Niranjan Jyoti's remarks.
9:30 am: The Opposition is expected to corner the government in Parliament today as well, over the issue of Niranjan Jyoti's controversial remarks made during a rally in Delhi earlier this week.
While opposition parties have been demanding the minister's resignation, they are reported to have made an offer to allow the Parliament to function if Rajya Sabha adopts a unanimous resolution condemning the minister's remarks.
The resolution, likely to be moved by the Trinamool Congress, has been backed by other opposition parties.
The Opposition has been stalling proceedings in the Rajya Sabha for the past three days demanding the minister's sacking. But, the government has refused to agree to the demand.
Giving in to Opposition demands to speak on the row, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said he "strongly disapproved" of her remarks and urged the Opposition not to disrupt the Rajya Sabha.
Breaking his silence, Modi spoke in the Rajya Sabha on the issue and said, "Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti has apologised. The House should gracefully accept that and carry forward its business in national interest."
"When I got to know about the statement, there was a meeting of my party. Very strongly, I disapproved of the language and said even in the heat of elections we should avoid such comment... even before the issue was raised in the house, I took it up," he said, adding, "The minister, who is new, has come to the House for the first time. We know her background, she apologised. And this is also a lesson for all of us here that we do not violate the dos and don'ts, and I once again urge the House to keep the nation in mind and carry on with our work," he said.
The PM may speak in the Lok Sabha as well later today.
Jyoti reportedly said at a public meeting here: "Aapko tay karna hai ki Dilli mein sarkar Ramzadon ki banegi ya ha***zadon ki." (You have to decide if you want a government in Delhi to be led by the children of Lord Ram or illegitimate children).
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