The stalemate in Parliament over Union Minister of State Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti’s controversial remarks continued on Friday as the government rejected the Opposition proposal to move a “Motion of Censure” in the Rajya Sabha.
Nine Opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha issued a joint statement stating that as their proposal had been rejected, the impasse in the House was “thus the creation of the government.” At the same time, the Opposition tweaked its demand and urged the government to accept a joint resolution in the Rajya Sabha condemning attempts to “outrage our Constitution by making inflammatory speeches aimed at dividing the syncretic, socio-cultural mosaic” of the country. The statement was issued soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the Lok Sabha to put the issue to rest as the Minister had apologised.
