Govt says ready to discuss student protests, Amit Shah to speak in Parliament: ‘Oppn should not create disturbances’
Home minister Shah expected to speak on matter of police action on protesters on July 20, when Cockroach Janta Party gave a call for a march to Parliament
The Union government announced on Monday its readiness to discuss the student protest issue in Parliament, with Home Minister Amit Shah committing to respond to the debate. At a Business Advisory Committee meeting chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, government officials, including Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, offered to debate the students' concerns.
The government's offer is seen as an attempt to resolve the two-week logjam that disrupted the functioning of both Houses, allowing several bills to pass despite protests. Opposition leaders, however, demanded that Shah make a statement addressing the police action against students protesting the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak during the July 20 'Sansad Chalo' march by the Cockroach Janta Party.
The opposition has decided to continue protests until Shah delivers his statement. Rijiju clarified that the government's offer is clear: it is prepared for a detailed discussion on the students' movement and related activities. However, some Opposition leaders believe this plan may be a tactic to divide the Opposition, as the Samajwadi Party, which is the second-largest ally in the INDIA bloc, is keen to debate allegations of donation theft in Ayodhya.
Both Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi and K Suresh emphasized that the Opposition maintains the two issues - student protests and Ram Mandir - as their top priorities. The monsoon session of Parliament is set to conclude on August 13.
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