For God's sake, do your job: Prez on Parliament disruption
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday slammed the politicians for disrupting the Winter Session of the Parliament, saying, "For God's sake, do your job. You are meant to transact business in Parliament." Terming the practice of repeated adjournment 'totally unacceptable', Mukherjee added that people send their representatives to Parliament to work for the country and not to agitate.
Expressing strong displeasure over the continued logjam in Parliament, President Pranab Mukherjee today said the disruption is "totally unacceptable". "For God's sake, do your job. You are meant to transact business in Parliament," Mukherjee said while delivering the Defence Estate Day Lecture 2016 on 'Reforms for a stronger Democracy' in New Delhi.Also read | Demonetisation: AAP urges President Pranab Mukherjee to launch Supreme Court probeThe President said people send their representatives to Parliament to work for the country and not to agitate. He expressed concern that disruption of parliamentary work has become a "practice".PARLIAMENTARY FREEDOM NOT FOR DISRUPTIONS"Parliamentary freedom should not be misused by causing disruptions," he said."Dharnas can be organised anywhere else," he said, asking all concerned to debate and discuss issues of public importance in the House.Pitching for the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha, he said, "The Bill is pending for a long time in Parliament and the representation of women is abysmally low. It is totally unacceptable."