"It is clear BJP has no desire to run the House" - Tharoor ::: Kiren Rijiju puts main blame for Parliament sabotage on LoP Rahul Gandhi

Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned till 1100 hours Wednesday, Dec 11.

"It is very clear that BJP has no desire to run the House. 

It looks like they wish to avoid the debate. I think it is very clear that they have decided to write the session off because today there was no provocation from the opposition, they went ahead and adjourned without any provocation," 

- says Congress MP Shashi Tharoor   

"Parliament is a sacred place and this place has a very high dignity, prestige and decorum. We have also achieved independence in this place. Agreement and disagreement has been the tradition of our democracy," says Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. 

"I request you that we should maintain dignity, for the last few days I have been seeing that the kind of slogans, posters and masks being used in the Parliament premises are not only indecent but are also against the Parliamentary process and tradition. 

I have to say with regret that the behavior of the opposition leaders is inappropriate in this," he said. 

"Today, during the Zero Hour', I will raise the Soros issue. The way Congress divided the nation (in nexus) with foreign powers, they are trying to do the same again. 

They have to answer my 10 questions," says BJP MP Nishikant Dubey 

The Government on Tuesday, Dec 10, sought to put the main part of the blame for repeated parliament adjournment on Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and suggested that Congress MPs should 'convince' their leader.  

"Every MP is concerned about their constituency... Rahul Gandhi doesn't have to bother about any issues... He doesn't have any understanding about the plight of the people... 

So whenever the Congress MPs have come to me, I told them to convince their leader," BJP leader and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju told reporters here.

"Whatever may be the issues, we should not disrupt the parliamentary proceedings," he asserted. 

Rijiju said: "Many MPs including MPs from the Samajwadi Party, TMC and the Congress have come to me. The entire Congress party in Rajya Sabha are looking for debate and discussion in the House. It is only Rahul Gandhi who doesn't want to take part in the parliamentary proceeding"

"Probably Rahul Gandhi doesn't believe in parliamentary democracy. But all other MPs are very interested in having debates and discussions in the House," the minister remarked.  

The government is not weak, he said and maintained that - "The Opposition cannot block the functioning of the Parliament. Whenever it comes to passing of the bills, the government can do it...".  

"We have numbers... If there are important businesses and bills which need to be passed, we will do it... 

We are not doing this right now because we want a proper discussion on those issues... We are looking for inputs from all the members of Parliament," the Parliamentary Affairs Minister pointed out.