Cong, TMC stalling parliament on 'manufactured anger': BJP

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 07 2016 | 6:32 PM IST
BJP today accused the Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC) of stalling parliament on "manufactured anger" over the demonetisation and asserted that people have stood like a rock behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his decision against black money.
Passing a resolution at its parliamentary party meeting which was attended by Modi and other senior leaders, BJP also hailed the masses for their support despite facing inconvenience and claimed that the situation has now considerably eased out.
Hitting out at Congress and TMC, the saffron party in the resolution said that the opposition parties are not sure what they want and holding up the proceedings of the House by engaging in competitive disruption.
"By their poor arguments, they risked, if anything, being on the side of the black money holders...The Congress kept shifting the goal-post, to justify their obstruction of the House," BJP said.
The party further said it agreed to opposition's demand for intervention by Prime Minister during the debate on monetisation and said Modi came to both Houses.
Stating that government is willing for debate, BJP said Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Rajya Sabha have assured both Houses that Prime Minister will participate and intervene in the debate.
The Congress party is confused on demonetisation issue and does not know what it stands for. It has even contradicted himself, the BJP said.
Almost daily, the Congress and the Trinamool look the other way even as their members engage in boisterous sloganeering in the well of the House. Parliament suffers as result, the resolution added.

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First Published: Dec 07 2016 | 6:32 PM IST

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