Opposition shedding crocodile tears on Manipur issue: Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi (IANS). Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has accused the opposition parties of shedding crocodile tears over the Manipur issue. He has said that it has been proved that the opposition does not want to discuss the Manipur issue in the House. The government is ready for discussion, Home Minister Amit Shah, who is visiting Manipur, is ready to give them information about there, ready to answer. But, the opposition is running away from the discussion.

Expressing sorrow over the behavior of the opposition, Nirmala Sitharaman said that the opposition parties were constantly creating ruckus demanding discussion on Manipur. But, when the discussion on Manipur started in the Rajya Sabha today, the opposition ran away from the discussion. Accusing the opposition parties of shedding crocodile tears on the Manipur issue, he said that the discussion on Manipur was fixed in today’s business list, the time was fixed by the chairman. But, the opposition ran away from the discussion.

Reminding the tenure of the UPA government, Nirmala Sitharaman said that during her tenure, the former President of the country, who was a minister in the UPA government at that time, refused to make a statement in the House on the issue of national security, saying that he Can’t speak on the issue in the House, if the members want to know something, they should come to his office, he will explain.

The Finance Minister said that even the ministers in his government did not give answers. But, here (in the Modi government) the home minister is ready to answer. But, they don’t want to listen. Reminding the opposition parties demanding the statement of Prime Minister Modi, the Finance Minister also said that he is remembering that in the last term, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood up to speak in the House twice, the opposition continuously Had created ruckus in the house, created disturbance.