Let the Parliament work,appeals PM as Opposition stalls proceedings

The government,he said,was willing for a debate on any issue.

Terming as ‘very important part’ the second half of the Budget session,Singh said,”Important financial business is before the House. There are also important bills like the Food Security Bill,Land Acquisition Bill which require to be passed. It is my sincere wish that the House should be allowed to function,” he told reporters outside Parliament House ahead of the resumption of the Budget session after a four-week recess.

He said if there are any concerns of the Opposition,’we are willing to debate all those issues’ which worry them.

Singh also requested the Opposition members to let the government function.

“We are being put in this position by the people of India to deliver certain goods and we hope that every one cooperates in that process so that the Budget is passed,certain other business is also dealt with effectively,” he said.

In reply to a question on the survivability of the government,the Prime Minister said he was ‘very confident that the financial business will be transacted to our satisfaction.’

The second part of the Budget session of Parliament began on a stormy note as members from various parties forced adjournment of Lok Sabha on various issues,including heckling of Mamata Banerjee,incidents of rapes and demand for separate Telangana.

After Speaker Meira Kumar made obituary references,Trinamool Congress and Left members trooped into the Well of

the Lok Sabha raising slogans on heckling of the West Bengal Chief Minister by SFI activists in Delhi and alleged incidents of human rights violations in the state,respectively.

A number of BJP members were seen in the Well raising slogans against the incidents of rapes across the country and demanding action on the perpetrators.

Some members of the Congress were seen in the aisles waving placards for a separate state of Telangana. A TDP member was seen raising the same demand in the Well.(With PTI inputs)