BREAKFAST MEETING: PM Modi expresses concern over Parliament disruptions

STC NEWS DESK
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 07 (STC): Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing concern over the repeated disruptions of parliamentary proceedings stated that the country has been unable to listen to the talented MPs elected in recent times.
Modi said this during a breakfast meeting with over 40 MPs from NDA constituents Nationalist Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), Shiv Sena, Republican Party of India (Athawale), Rashtriya Lok Morcha, AIADMK and UPPL.
According to the reports, Modi told the MPs that they should not worry about their needs for the development of their respective constituencies.
“I am with you. The NDA is a family. We stand with our constituent parties,” he is learnt to have told the MPs.
Modi also reportedly said that he stood not only with the NDA members but with every MP.
On Wednesday, he had hosted a breakfast meeting with 37 BJP MPs, including the BJP president and some AAP leaders who had joined the party.
During that meeting too, he had stressed that Parliament must function smoothly and without any disruption, besides sharing his experience in public life and offered guidance on how seriously MPs should take Parliament.
Since the Monsoon session began on July 20, Lok Sabha proceedings have been repeatedly disrupted by opposition protests. Six bills have been passed without discussion amid din.
The opposition parties initially protested over the NEET paper leaks and alleged theft of donations at the Ayodhya Ram temple. They later pressed for a discussion on police action against students protesting over the NEET paper leak and also demanded the presence of Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and their statements.
(Straight Talk Communications)