“I am totally frustrated,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday while addressing the media after Parliament was adjourned yet again.
Attacking the Opposition for stalling the House, Rijiju said this was the first time in the parliamentary system when the government wanted a debate but the “Opposition was running away”.
“I am totally frustrated. For the first time in my life, I am witnessing a scenario where the government wants a discussion in Parliament, yet the Opposition is running away from it. It is hard to imagine this, because in a parliamentary democracy, it is the Opposition that demands a discussion while the government provides the answers. Here, however, the government itself is saying, ‘we will hold a discussion and provide answers’, but the Opposition refuses to listen. Can you imagine such a situation?” Rijiju said.