LK Advani Distressed Over BJP MPs

It’s become a routine scenario in Parliament for past three weeks that, opposition party MPs have been continuously protesting in the House over banning of 500 and 1000 notes. They demand Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the ongoing Parliament sessions to give clarity on what measures are being taken to resolve problems being faced by middle class people and small traders due to the cash crunch.

Apparently, the noisy protests in the House have irked Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader LK Advani who expressed deep distress over the way the Lok Sabha proceedings were being conducted, saying neither the speaker Sumitra Mahajan nor the parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar was running the House.

Advani was seen anxious when some opposition members had even come to the side of Treasury benches raising slogans in the Well.

"I am going to tell the Speaker that she is not running the House. I am going to say it publicly. Both sides are a party to this," he said as Kumar was seen calming the senior parliamentarian. He also pointed to the media gallery, apparently suggesting that his comments will be reported.

Earlier too, Advani expressed his displeasure over the situation in the House to Kumar.