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Veteran BJP leader L. K. Advani has expressed unhappiness over the continued deadlock in Parliament on demonetization. When the Lok Sabha adjourned for the day Thursday, Mr. Advani, while talking to some opposition members, is believed to have said that adjourning the House sine die without discussion will give a bad name.
He also said, whoever wins in this tussle between government and opposition at the end, it will be a defeat for Parliament. Later, TMC MP Idris Ali, who was talking to the BJP leader in the House, said that Mr. Advani told him that he feels like resigning.
Mr Advani recalled that had, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee been in the Parliament today, he would have been upset. It is the second time in this session when the BJP stalwart has expressed his anguish on the frequent disruptions.
Reacting to it, Information and Broadcasting Minister Venakaiah Naidu said, Mr. Advani is a senior leader and he is sad over the disruptions and the House should run smoothly.
Welcoming the comments by 89-year-old Advani that he felt like resigning over the continuing disruptions in Parliament, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said he was thankful to the senior MP for fighting for democratic values within his party.
“Thank you Advani ji for fighting for democratic values within your party,’’ Rahul said in a tweet on which he also posted the report quoting Mr Advani as having made the remark.
During the day, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan also shared Mr Advani’s anguish over continuous disruption of Parliamentary proceedings saying this was “sad” and a matter of “regret”.
“Advaniji dukhi hain …waise sabhi dukhi hain (I know Mr LK Advani is unhappy about this. Everyone else is also unhappy),” Ms Mahajan said at a book release function on Parliament premises.
Speaking at the release of two commemorative volumes on Parliamentary speeches of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and ex-BJP leader from Karnataka Jagannathrao Joshi, the Speaker, however, said, “In any case whatever is happening is happening.”