Parliament Monsoon Session: Both Houses adjourned on opening day after Opposition protests over Manipur violence
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the government is ready to discuss Manipur in both Houses of Parliament.
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New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducts proceedings in the House on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. (PTI Photo) Both the houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day Thursday afternoon after Opposition party members created a stir and demanded a discussion on the Manipur issue.
Soon after the Lok Sabha met at 2 pm on the first day of the Monsoon Session, Opposition party members started sloganeering over the Manipur violence. They raised slogans like: “Pradhan Mantri sadan me aao (let the prime minister come to the House)”.
The Monsoon Session began a day after a video showing two women from the Kuki-Zomi community in Manipur being paraded naked by a mob of men began doing the rounds on social media.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the government is ready to discuss Manipur in both Houses of Parliament. “I want to make it clear on record about the Opposition’s demand for a discussion about Manipur that we have clearly said, deputy leader Rajnath Singh has also said that we are ready to hold a discussion in both the Houses.”
“Manipur [violence] is a sensitive issue… It is a big sensitive issue. Therefore, we want to have a discussion and the home minister will reply in detail to the discussion. Therefore, I request for allowing the House to function smoothly. People are watching. There are many important bills which have to be passed. There are many important issues which have to be discussed,” Joshi said, amid the Opposition raising slogans.
“We are ready to have a discussion about Manipur. Let the Honourable Speaker decide the date. We are ready. I want to make it clear,” Joshi added.
Kirit Premjibhai Solanki, who was in the chair, urged the Opposition members to allow the House to function. Solanki said the House is meant for discussion. The government is open to a discussion on Manipur violence, he said.
When the protesting Opposition members did not relent, Solanki adjourned the House for the day.
Similarly, Rajya Sabha chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar adjourned the House for the day after constant sloganeering by the Opposition.
Meanwhile, in his first remarks over Manipur violence that erupted on May 3, PM Modi Thursday said his heart is full of pain and anger over the “shameful” incident, and what happened to these daughters of Manipur can never be forgiven, and no culprit will be spared.
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