“Half an hour before the Parliament session, the PM will give a speech and demand cooperation. After that, whatever they wish will happen in the Parliament. There should be a 2-3 day discussion on Pahalgam, Trump, Operation Sindoor, China’s role and the new challenges”
Describing the all-party meeting ahead of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament as just a formality, Congress today demanded a special discussion on critical issues facing the country in the upcoming Monsoon Session which “only” Prime Minister Narendra Modi should answer.
“The Parliament is about to begin and the Prime Minister should break his silence. Any other leader will not do, the Congress and the entire Opposition will demand a special discussion, and the PM must answer. We do not want a substitute batsman. Only the PM must answer,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, also taking on the government on the latest statement by US President Donald Trump that “five fighter jets were shot down during India-Pakistan tensions”
“It (all-party meeting) is just a formality. (Defence Minister) Rajnath Singh will come, smile, and greet everyone. We will sit, and everyone will present their opinions for two hours and then nothing will happen. This happens before every session, JP Nadda, Kiren Rijiu and two to three others also come, it is just a formality, it has no meaning.
“Half an hour before the Parliament session, the PM will give a speech and demand cooperation. After that, whatever they wish will happen in the Parliament. There should be a 2-3 day discussion on Pahalgam, Trump, Operation Sindoor, China’s role and the new challenges,” he said
Calling the ongoing SRI in Bihar as one of the main issues, Ramesh said “voting rights of lakhs of people, including Dalits, minorities, women, and tribals, have been snatched”.
“Our two main issues are Pahalgam and ‘vote bandi, Leaders of opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have written to the PM to table a bill to provide statehood to J&K,” he said.
On Trump’s statement that five fighter jets were shot down during India-Pakistan tensions, Ramesh said since May 10 till today, the US President has repeatedly said two things–one that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan and two that the war should stop if India and Pakistan want trade with the US
“Now he has claimed something new that five fighter jets went down. The Parliament is about to begin and the PM should break his silence. Any other leader will not do, the Congress and the entire Opposition will demand a special discussion, and the PM must answer. We do not want a substitute batsman. Only the PM must answer” he said
