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Amit Shah says deadlock in parliament can be resolved if opposition shows up for talks (File) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the current deadlock in parliament could be resolved if the opposition came forward for talks and the government would take "two steps forward" if it did. Attending India Today's conclave in Delhi on Friday, Shah also said some issues trumped politics and even former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had refused to discuss domestic politics in a foreign country.
"Let the two parties sit in front of the president and discuss. They must take two steps forward and we will take two steps forward. Then parliament will start working. But he just held a press conference and he did nothing, no It can be so," he said.
The Home Secretary said that a parliamentary system cannot work with just the Treasury or just the opposition, as the two have to talk to each other.
"Despite our initiative, there have been no offers for talks from the opposition. So who are we going to talk to? They are talking to the media. They have created a slogan that there must be freedom of speech in Parliament. Freedom of speech is complete in Parliament. No one can stop you from speaking," he said.
However, Shah said, everyone must follow the rules and there can be no freestyle and everyone must study the rules and understand them.
He said: “Debates in Parliament are held according to the rules. You can't talk in Parliament like you can on the road. If they don't have this basic concept, what can we do? The Home Secretary said that Parliament operates according to certain rules and that these rules are not framed by the current government.
“These rules existed even in the time of your grandmother or father. They were participating in the debate with these rules, we are also participating in accordance with these rules.
"They have no idea of the rules and then they pretend that they are not allowed to talk. This is not acceptable. No one can stand up and start talking. There are rules and they have to be followed. There are no changes to them." rules," he said.
Citing two cases, Shah said that Indira Gandhi went to England after the emergency and at that time the Shah Commission was formed and there were attempts to imprison her.
“About this, a journalist asked him (in England) how his country is doing. She said we have problems but I don't want to say anything here. My country is fine. I am Indian,” he said, quoting Indira Gandhi.
The Home Minister said that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was in opposition and that there should be a discussion on Kashmir at the United Nations.
He said that a Congress government was in power at the time and that it was the first and last time that the Indian delegation was headed by an opposition leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, as it was a discussion on Kashmir.
"That confidence... there are issues that relate to politics. I think everyone should follow that tradition."
“Should we go abroad and make accusations about India and should we go to the parliaments of other countries and comment on India? I think Congress will have to respond to that," he said.
The first week of the second half of Parliament's budget session was completely disrupted after protests by members of the ruling and opposition parties.
While the BJP demanded an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his comments in London, the opposition demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) inquiry into the Adani issue.
During their interactions in London, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the structures of Indian democracy were under attack and that there was a "large-scale attack" on the country's institutions.
The comments sparked a political row, with the BJP accusing it of slandering India on foreign soil and seeking foreign intervention, and Congress hit back at the ruling party citing previous examples of Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising domestic policy abroad.
