"Opposition's priority is their alliance not Manipur...": Amit Shah in Lok Sabha - Punjabi News

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“Opposition’s priority is their alliance not Manipur…”: Amit Shah in Lok Sabha

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The Fact News Service

New Delhi, August 4

Union Minister Amit Shah on Thursday lashed out at the Opposition alliance—I.N.D.I.A for attending the debate specifically on the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, for the first time since the monsoon session convened, saying that the bloc participated in the discussion due to fear that AAP would walk out of the coalition.

Saying that the bloc has ‘exposed itself’ by placing its ‘priority’ to save the alliance rather than focusiing on the welfare of the people, Amit Shah said, “Since this session of Parliament started, they (the opposition) were not ready for any discussion on any Bill and were demanding PM Modi’s presence so what has happened to them now? Why they got ready for today’s discussion? Don’t they have to think about democracy today? The opposition’s priority is to save their alliance.”

Shah was speaking in the Lok Sabha as the House took up the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 for consideration and passage.

However, the Bill was passed in the Lower House amid the sloganeering by Opposition members.

MPs sitting in Opposition opposed the Bill being passed citing that it will damage the ‘federal structure’ of the Constitution.

In his reply to the debate, Amit Shah said that opposition parties did not take part in a debate on any bill passed in the House and kept protesting on their demands over the debate on the Manipur situation.

Pointing to the recent protests in the parliament, he asked the opposition benches what has changed that they willingly partivipated in the debate of the Bill concerning Delhi.

Amit Shah, while taking a jibe at the Opposition said that they got ready for a discussion over the ordinance only because they are “worried” about their alliance.