What pushed Vice President Venkaiah Naidu to the brink of tears in the Rajya Sabha?
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00:00Have no words to convey my anguish and to condemn such acts as I spent a sleepless night
01:01I rise in deep anguish to place and record the way this august house is being subjected to sacrilege
01:09and that too profiled by a sense of competition among some sections of the house since the commencement of this monsoon session
01:17Everything said or done, violating, hurting or destroying the sacredness of any place amounts to an act of sacrilege
01:25The parliament, the apex legislature of our country is regarded as the temple of democracy
01:30The table, area where the officers and reporters of the house, the secretary general and the presiding officer are seated
01:39is considered as the holy sanctum sanctorum of the house
01:42Entering this sanctum sanctorum of the house in itself is an act of sacrilege
01:46It has been happening as a routine for some time
01:49I am distressed by the way this sacredness was destroyed yesterday
01:54when some members sat on the table, some others climbed on the table of the house
01:58perhaps to be more visible in such acts of sacrilege
02:02I have no words to convey my anguish and to condemn such acts as I spent a sleepless night
02:08Last night I struggled to find out the provocation or reason for forcing this august house to hit such a low yesterday
02:21A discussion on agriculture problems and solutions was listed
02:24There can be difference of opinion and there can be a specific demand from anybody
02:29They could have discussed it in the house, protested and voted against this thing
02:35Members have got every right to demand for withdrawal also
02:39But it is for the government to act
02:41You can't force the government to do this or not to do this
02:45I find it difficult to understand as to why the subject was listed in the list of bills for yesterday
02:50would have prevented any member to raise any issue concerning the farm sector
02:54including three farm bills that some members were keen to raise in the house
02:57and even demanding their withdrawal
02:59Yesterday was a golden opportunity for the concerned members
03:02to have gone on record with their positions on all issues relating to the right of farmers
03:07But it was not to the...
03:09Please have the decency at least
03:12As the chair is saying something, it is to hear it
03:15You may not agree that it is a different matter
03:17The positions on all issues to the right of farmers
03:22But it was not to be as the sole intention seems to be
03:25not to allow the house to function
03:30I don't want to run the house like this
03:33I am adjourning the house to meet at 12pm