Amidst slogans raised by the Opposition leaders demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s presence in Parliament, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on August 1 said that the demand that only the Prime Minister should respond on Manipur is “constitutionally ill-premised”.
Later in the day, the Congress — without directly referring to Mr. Dhankhar’s remarks — cited past occasions when the Prime Minister, responding to the Opposition’s demand, came to the House to give clarifications and statements.
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