The Lok Sabha on Thursday adopted the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address with a voice vote amid Opposition sloganeering. However, what made headlines was the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not reply to the debate in a rare development.
It later on emerged, through sources, that the PM did not come to the Lower House of Parliament yesterday, as Congress MPs had planned to physically attack the PM. News agency ANI quoted government sources as saying that Congress had sent women MPs as a cover to carry out the planned attack yesterday.
It was reported that the Lok Sabha Speaker last evening decided to adjourn the House despite the Prime Minister being in Parliament and available to deliver his address.
The PM was originally scheduled to deliver his customary reply around 5 pm yesterday, but the Lok Sabha was adjourned amid Opposition ruckus. Congress MPs, some of them women, had entered the Well of the House. It was reported that the Congress MPs planned to physically prevent the PM from reaching his seat to deliver his reply.
Today, similar scenes played out in the Lok Sabha.
It has now emerged that the PM did not come to the Lok Sabha last evening to deliver his address on the advice of Speaker Om Birla.
Before the House was adjourned for the day, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today said, “The country saw what happened in the House yesterday. Everyone saw how the MPs approached the PM’s chair in the House. I got information that any mishap could have happened. To ensure that such a… pic.twitter.com/itas47E1Bk
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Before the Lower House was adjourned for the day today, Speaker Birla is reported to have said, “The country saw what happened in the House yesterday. Everyone saw how the MPs approached the PM’s chair in the House. I got information that any mishap could have happened. To ensure that such a situation does not arise, I conveyed to PM Modi not to come to the House.”
Reacting to the developments, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the PM did not have the guts to come to Parliament.
“The PM is hiding behind the Speaker. Yesterday, he did not have the guts to come to the House because three women were standing before the bench. What nonsense is this? There is no discussion because the government doesn’t want discussion to happen,” Priyanka told reporters.
The Prime Minister, meanwhile, is expected to speak on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address at 5 pm in the Rajya Sabha today.