12-16-2005, 08:39 AM
<b>BJP charges PM with âinsultingâ Rajya Sabha</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The BJP on Thursday charged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with "insulting" the Rajya Sabha by refusing to give clarifications, sought by Leader of Opposition Jaswant Singh, on his own statement on Volcker report on Iraqi oil payoffs.
"The Prime Minister through his behaviour has insulted the entire House. The way he dismissed us was deplorable and condemnable", party spokesperson and BJP Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha Sushma Swaraj alleged.
She claimed to reporters that the convention was that the Prime Minister replied to clarifications sought by members and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi had repeatedly informed that Manmohan Singh would be doing so on his return from foreign visits.
"If he did not have to reply, why were we given the assurance? Why was it included in the list of business? We are surprised at the manner in which the Prime Minister, who is known for sobriety and decency, behaves sometimes", she said and recalled an incident ahead of last year's budget session when a memorandum was submitted by an NDA delegation led by LK Advani.
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"The Prime Minister through his behaviour has insulted the entire House. The way he dismissed us was deplorable and condemnable", party spokesperson and BJP Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha Sushma Swaraj alleged.
She claimed to reporters that the convention was that the Prime Minister replied to clarifications sought by members and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi had repeatedly informed that Manmohan Singh would be doing so on his return from foreign visits.
"If he did not have to reply, why were we given the assurance? Why was it included in the list of business? We are surprised at the manner in which the Prime Minister, who is known for sobriety and decency, behaves sometimes", she said and recalled an incident ahead of last year's budget session when a memorandum was submitted by an NDA delegation led by LK Advani.
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