Cong: No one preventing PM from speaking in Parliament

Tribune News Service

new delhi, December 10

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today took to Twitter to counter PM Narendra Modi's remarks on not being allowed to speak on demonetisation and asked the PM to stop his monologues and attend Parliament.

Rahul, who yesterday said there'll be an earthquake if he speaks in Parliament on demonetisation, today dared the PM to attend the House proceedings and answer questions of Opposition parties. Parliament hasn't functioned a single day since November 16, with the Opposition first insisting on debates under specific rules unacceptable to the Opposition and later demanding the PM's presence throughout such a discussion. 

Earlier today, senior spokesperson for Congress Anand Sharma accused Modi of undermining Parliament. "Parliament had already been summoned by the President. Why could the PM not wait until November 16 to announce his move (demonetisation)? The PM is peddling untruths. He is misleading the people. No one is preventing him from speaking on the issue. The fact is he has not made any statement on this subject in Parliament," he said.