Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday rubbished opposition charges that the BJP-led NDA is a government of corporates and alleged that the 'arrogant' Congress should not pose as an obstacle in the country's development path with its repeated obstructions in the Parliament.
Asserting that the government has been ready for a debate and discussion in both the Houses of Parliament, Naqvi alleged that the Congress Party's arrogant attitude has led to a complete wash out of the Monsoon Session.
"Today we wanted them to have a debate and discussion but the Congress had the same arrogant attitude in the Rajya Sabha. As far as the corporates are concerned, the common man is also saying the same thing as the corporates. The country wants to move ahead on the development path and nobody should pose as an obstacle in it," said Naqvi.
"This is a government of the common man. The countries poor, youth, backward class, women, children and men, everyone wants the same, thus the ground reality should be understood," he added.
Naqvi also took a dig at Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, for his adamant stand on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's resignation on the controversy surrounding former IPL chief Lalit Modi.
"Unfortunately, the Congress Party's part-time leaders are at the moment 'zero' in performance and 'hero' in nuisance," he said.
The Lok Sabha witnessed noisy scenes today as Kharge, who moved the adjournment motion, made scathing attacks on Swaraj and demanded her resignation on moral grounds.
He questioned that despite knowing all the facts of Lalit Modi's offences, she helped him in obtaining travel documents from the British Government.
Kharge also asked as to why the External Affairs Ministry didn't appeal in the Supreme Court with regard to Lalit Modi's passport.
He said that the External Affairs Minister did not help Lalit Modi on humanitarian grounds as law and humanitarian grounds are two different things.
Kharge also demanded disclosure of the correspondence between the then union minister P. Chidambaram and the British Government.
The External Affairs Minister, however, attempted to explain to the Parliament as to why her assistance to the former IPL chief is neither political nor moral folly. Despite stiff opposition chants, she said that she had done no wrong on the matter.
