Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lashed out at the Opposition while speaking to the media persons on July 31. She exclaimed that the Opposition doesn’t want to participate in the discussion on the Manipur issue and that today it was proved that the Opposition was just shedding crocodile tears.
She said, “Opposition doesn’t want to participate in the discussion on the Manipur issue. Today when this issue was taken up in the Parliament, the Opposition ran away from the discussion. Saddened by the behaviour of the Opposition. Manipur is just a political issue for them (Opposition). Today it was proved that they were just shedding crocodile tears on the Manipur issue. If they genuinely cared, then they would have discussed it.”
She said, “Opposition doesn’t want to participate in the discussion on the Manipur issue. Today when this issue was taken up in the Parliament, the Opposition ran away from the discussion. Saddened by the behaviour of the Opposition. Manipur is just a political issue for them (Opposition). Today it was proved that they were just shedding crocodile tears on the Manipur issue. If they genuinely cared, then they would have discussed it.”
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00:00 The opposition that was shedding crocodile tears over Manipur, it has become clear now.
00:15 Yes, they were crocodile tear see.
00:18 They don't have Manipur in their minds.
00:20 The way they came wearing black shirts, they have a black thought in their minds.
00:26 The opposition that was not ready to talk about anything other than Manipur,
00:32 today when the discussion about Manipur is starting, they are running away.
00:37 The opposition is running away.
00:40 Today you have seen in the Rajya Sabha,
00:43 that when it was said repeatedly that the government is not ready to debate,
00:53 today in the morning there was a list in the business, in the supplementary,
00:59 and in that listing, under 176, there will be a discussion on Manipur.
01:06 And in the afternoon, the leader of the house will also be there, in which it is agreed.
01:12 And when the time came to start the discussion,
01:17 the opposition that was not ready to talk about anything other than Manipur,
01:24 is not ready to participate in this discussion.
01:29 We feel very sad that the opposition that has been continuously discussing Manipur for the last 8 days,
01:41 today when the discussion about Manipur is starting, they are running away.
01:47 The opposition is running away.
01:49 They have been demanding, even under 176,
01:53 the names of the opposition leaders which are found in today's list of business,
01:59 consists of names of the opposition leaders.
02:03 And I will, for your sake, recall the names.
02:07 John Britaz, A.D. Singh, all respected honourable members,
02:14 Prof. Manoj Kumar Jha, Fawzia Khan, A. Rahim ji,
02:20 Ranjit Ranjan, G.C. Chandrasekhar ji, Phulo Devi Nettam ji, and L.M. Aramkarim.
02:30 They are all people from the opposition, who wanted it under 176.
02:35 Now on that very 176, we have agreed and included all their names,
02:41 because they had also asked under 176.
02:44 Now just to draw a distinction, these are decided by the chair,
02:50 and if anyone would want to ask, why not under 267?
02:57 I just want to highlight 267 is if there is such a sense of urgency.
03:02 Yes, such a sense of urgency, but obviously, 8 days have gone,
03:07 people have gone to Manipur and come back, they have heard people speak to them.
03:12 Now we are meeting and talking about it,
03:15 wouldn't they want to speak as to what they heard in Manipur?
03:19 Those who have gone to Manipur and sat with people,
03:26 and talked in the camp or somewhere else,
03:29 the things they heard, keep them here in the house.
03:33 What are you hesitating about?
03:38 After all, you were the one who was still demanding that there should be a discussion on this.
03:45 We were ready from the beginning, now the list has been made,
03:49 now we are starting by listing out the names.
03:52 You are not ready to come now.
03:54 With this, I want to give this information to every citizen in India through the media.
04:02 The opposition, who were still shedding crocodile tears over Manipur,
04:09 it has become clear now, yes, they were crocodile tears.
04:15 If they genuinely have a concern for Manipur,
04:19 there should not be any hindrance now, they should have come and discussed.
04:24 This is a clear exposure of the hypocrisy of the opposition.
04:30 Manipur, Manipur, the parliament was absolutely disturbed and went,
04:36 and when they start discussing Manipur, we don't want it.
04:42 They don't have Manipur in their minds,
04:45 they have the same black shirt that they wore,
04:48 they have the same black thoughts in their minds.
04:51 [Silence]