‘Friendship In Mumbai, Wrestling In Delhi’, Says Pralhad Joshi, Opposition Must Clear Its Stand
On Opposition parties' protest in Rajya Sabha, the Joshi said that the Centre will revoke the suspension of 12 MPs, if they apologize for their conduct in Rajya Sabha
Mumbai: Lashing the opposition on Wednesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that their stand is not clear as they show “friendship in Mumbai and wrestling in Delhi”.
While speaking to ANI inside Parliament premises, Joshi said, “Sharad Pawar says non-Congress parties should unite against Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena says Congress should lead us. Friendship in Mumbai, wrestling in Delhi. What is it? Earlier, there used to be friends in Delhi. It has been totally opposite to what used to happen earlier.”
Referring to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s statement on Tuesday, after meeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, said that “there cannot be an opposition front without the Congress party”, the Minister said, “I tell the Congress Party that you clear your stand.”
“Let the Congress take a stand first. They are confused,” he added.
The Shiv Sena leader statement counters Trinamool Congress (TMC) Chief Mamata Banerjee’s ‘no UPA’ call. The two parties, and the Nationalist O Congress Party are part of Maharashtra’s ruling MVA coalition.
Attacking the Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s comment that on BJP, Joshi said, “They know it very well who is fake and what happened in 2014, 2017 and 2019. They will also know what will happen now.”
In a joint rally with RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary in Meerut, he had said “the BJP is a fake flower and can never be a source of fragrance”.
In an on-record statement, Joshi said he told in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday “if the Opposition is ready to apologize, we will revoke the suspension of the 12 MPs”. Joshi said the government could pass the bills yesterday and the day before yesterday but “we don’t want to pass the bills in the din.” “We want discussion and constructive suggestions. But they are not ready to apologize.”
The Minister said, “Congress is responsible for its downfall due to such kind of attitude because they think what they do is right”. “I again request them to apologize. The Opposition should at least accept that they did a very big mistake. But they are not ready to accept it. They think what they did was right. People of the country are watching all these things,” said Joshi.
Last week, on Monday, 12 MPs, six from the Congress, two each from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Shiv Sena, and one each from the Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist), were suspended after the House passed a motion moved by the government under Rule 256 for their “unruly and violent behaviour” in the Upper House during the monsoon session.
Since their suspension, all the 12 MPS sit near Mahatma Gandhi Statue in the Parliament premises.
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