New Delhi: Trinamool Congress has demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak in Parliament on the situation in neighbouring Bangladesh.
The issue was raised on Thursday in the Rajya Sabha in the post-lunch sitting by TMC’s Parliamentary Party leader Derek O’Brien, who sought permission to raise a point of order.
He quoted Rule 251, and said he wanted the Prime Minister to come and give a statement on the Bangladesh issue.
Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar however said it is not a point of order, and did not allow O’Brien to continue.
The refusal was followed by TMC MPs breaking out into sloganeering in the House.
Talking to reporters outside Parliament, TMC’s deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Sagarika Ghose said a statement on the issue should be given in Parliament by the Prime Minister.
“The Parliament is in session, it is a very sensitive matter on the situation in Bangladesh, the Prime Minister must come to Parliament and give a full statement on Bangladesh in Parliament,” Ghose said.
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev said the government should tell what it has done for the Hindus in Bangladesh.
“The situation that is there in Bangladesh, the PM should speak on the issue in both Houses,” Dev said.
