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LS adjourned for day amid Oppn protests over PM’s Mahakumbh remarks
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Mahakumbh strengthened the spirit of unity in the country and gave a befitting response to those who questioned India’s capability to organise such a large congregation.
Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, Modi said the success of the Mahakumbh was a result of the contributions of countless people from the Government and society. “We witnessed the enthusiasm and excitement of the Mahakumbh in India for about one and a half months. The way millions of devotees came together with devotion, rising above the concerns of convenience and inconvenience, is our greatest strength,” Modi said.
“The nectar of unity is the most sacred offering of the Mahakumbh,” he said.
“The Mahakumbh was such an event in which people from every region and every corner of the country came together. People put aside their egos and gathered in Prayagraj with the feeling of ‘we’ and not ‘I’,” he added. Modi said the huge display of unity at the Mahakumbh was India’s strength, particularly at a time when the world was in disarray.
“The spirit of unity is so strong that it shatters any attempts to break it,” he said.
“We have always said that unity in diversity is the speciality of India and we have experienced its grand form in Prayagraj Mahakumbh. It is our responsibility to continue enriching this feature of unity in diversity,” the Prime Minister said.
He said people speaking different languages and dialects chanting ‘Har Har Gange’ on the banks of the Sangam gave a glimpse of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’, which increased the feeling of unity.
Lok Sabha adjourned for day amid Oppn protests over PM’s Mahakumbh remarks, demand for discussion: THE Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Tuesday amid noisy protests by Opposition members seeking to ask questions on the statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Mahakumbh.
The proceedings were earlier adjourned till 1 pm, shortly after Modi made his statement and the Opposition members rose in their seats in protest, with Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi apparently urging Speaker Om Birla to allow the Opposition members to speak.
They also demanded the inclusion of the stampede deaths in the statement.
Members of the Congress, TMC and other Opposition parties then stormed the Well, raising slogans, while Samajwadi Party members staged a walkout in protest.
Parliamentary sources said the Opposition parties demanded a discussion on the Maha Kumbh so that their members could share their views on the subject. They had demanded a discussion on the Maha Kumbh at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of the House.
As many as 30 pilgrims were killed and 60 injured in a stampede at the Mahakumbh on January 29.
When the House reassembled, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw responded to a debate on demands for grants of his Ministry.
When the House took up the debate on demands for grants for the Jal Shakti Ministry, the Opposition members continued protesting in the Well, forcing the chair to adjourn the proceedings for the day.
The discussion on demands for grants of the Jal Shakti Ministry was postponed to Wednesday by the chair.