Oppn should allow PM to explain: Shourie

The former minister and one of the outspoken leaders who has a blow hot,blow cold relationship with the BJP,made clear his displeasure at stalling of the proceedings instead of initiating debates. In the end,the Opposition does not gain much by disrupting Parliament, Shourie said.

He said the grouse of the Opposition was not about debates but rather about the absence of follow-up action after each debate. Therefore some politicians are let off and that is their grievance. But once government demonstrates action that will follow then there will be no problem, he said.

Mentioning the BJPs boycott of the then Home Minister P Chidambaram over the allegations against him in the 2G spectrum sale issue,Shourie pointed out that it was given up after a few days. If the MPs felt outraged they should be Gandhian and not compromise. Otherwise it seems it is just for the moment,he added.

Taking a dig at Chidambaram who recently returned to the Finance Ministry,Shourie said: No doubt the country is suffering from his budgets,of the deficits which he pioneered,of the populist schemes which he included,of the off-budget items which he did not include in the budget and all of which had inflationary consequences.