Prakash Javadekar slams Rahul Gandhi for walking out of parliament panel meeting
The BJP leader also said that Rahul Gandhi has remained mostly absent from the committee s meetings in the past.
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Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday slammed Rahul Gandhi for walking out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, saying the Congress leader has “insulted” constitutional institutions by imputing that important issues are not discussed by the panel.
His remarks came a day after Gandhi and other Congress leaders walked out of a meeting of the committee and alleged that the panel’s time was being wasted in discussing armed forces’ uniform instead of the crucial issue of national security.
File photo of Union minister Prakash Javadekar
NEW DELHI: Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday slammed Rahul Gandhi for walking out of a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence, saying the Congress leader has insulted constitutional institutions by imputing that important issues are not discussed by the panel. His remarks came a day after Gandhi and other Congress leaders walked out of a meeting of the committee and alleged that the panel s time was being wasted in discussing armed forces uniform instead of the crucial issue of national security.
The BJP leader also said that Gandhi has remained mostly absent from the committee s meetings in the past.
Rahul should learn to respect constitutional institutions: Javadekar
Thu, Dec 17 2020 03:51:59 PM
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday criticised former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on walking out of the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence. Javadekar said this was an insult to the parliamentary system and asked Rahul to first learn to respect the constitutional institutions.
Rahul Gandhi had walked out of the meeting, held on Wednesday, alleging that he was not allowed to speak.
Speaking to the media here, Javadekar said, Rahul Gandhi walked out of a Parliamentary Committee on Defence. In the last one and a half years, there have been a total of 14 meetings. He was present in just two of the meetings. He was absent in the other 12. He was not even present in the agenda-setting meeting for the year.
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The Punjab CM urged the Lok Sabha Speaker to look into the working of the committee, which he dubbed as absurd with the members discussing the type of polish to be used on buttons and shoes of the uniform instead of strategising on ways to counter the joint China-Pakistan threat.
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The CM pointed out that Gandhi had wanted to discuss more important and larger issues but was not allowed to speak.
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said Rahul Gandhi s walkout from a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence was totally justified and stressed that the panel should have discussed strategic security issues. Gandhi on Wednesday had walked out from a meeting of the panel, alleging that time was being wasted in discussing armed forces uniform instead of the crucial issue of national security.
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Gandhi on Wednesday had walked out from a meeting of the panel, alleging that time was being wasted in discussing armed forces uniform instead of the crucial issue of national security.
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said Rahul Gandhi s walkout from a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence was totally justified and stressed that the panel should have discussed strategic security issues.
Gandhi on Wednesday had walked out from a meeting of the panel, alleging that time was being wasted in discussing armed forces uniform instead of the crucial issue of national security.