For God's sake, do your job: President Mukherjee to MPs

The president reminded MPs of the pending bills, including Women's Reservation Bill

As the Winter Session in Parliament witnesses repeated disruptions over the demonetisation issue, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday slammed parliamentarians asking them to "transact business" as the House is not a "place for protests".

"For God's sake, do your job. You are meant to transact business in Parliament,” Mukherjee said, speaking at a meeting of Defence Estates Organisation. 

"Parliamentary freedom should not be misused by causing disruptions. Parliament is not the place for protests; Parliament is the place for legislative business," the president added.

Reminding MPs of the pending bills and Women's Reservation Bill in particular, Mukherjee asserted that their behaviour is "unacceptable".

"Women's Reservation Bill is pending for a long time in Parliament and representation of women is abysmally low. It is totally unacceptable," Mukherjee said.

"I have no intention of accusing any individual but it (disrupting Parliament ) has become a practice," he added.

The opposition members of both the Houses have been demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the demonetisation issue since the beginning of the Winter Session.

On Thursday, one month after the demonetisation announcement was made, the opposition parties observed 'Black Day' by protesting against demonetisation at Gandhi statue outside Parliament.