Prime Minister is not willing to come to Parliament: Mallikarjun Kharge

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not being present in the Parliament and instead campaigning for the upcoming elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. “Prime Minister is not willing to come to Parliament and speak at the House. Instead, he is busy campaigning for the upcoming elections. He is going to Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,” Mallikarjun Kharge said. Pointing out that the Home Minister cannot be a substitute for the Prime Minister, “The Home Minister has certain limitations while the Prime Minister has access to all sorts of information and feedback, which the Home Minister does not have. He said, only the PM was in a better position to make a statement on such an issue like Manipur. “Today, he is in Pune. How important is the event there that he has to go there leaving the Parliament and speak against the Opposition parties?” Kharge questioned. The Leader of Opposition who is also the Congress party president charged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is busy making election speeches but is not ready to work on a statement in the House on Manipur issue. “He is making election speeches. But he is not ready to work on a small statement in the House on Manipur issue where more than 200 people have died, 5000 people are injured, nearly 60,000 have vacated their houses…,” Kharge said.