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an> Title : Reported revelations in respect of Volcker Committee Report.     MR. SPEAKER:  Now, the hon. Leader of the Opposition.  He wants to make a submission. SHRI L.K. ADVANI (GANDHINAGAR): Mr. Speaker, Sir, … (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKERLet us all hear him and conduct ourselves peacefully.  We have competent Ministers here and they can also respond.  I request the hon. Leader of the Opposition to be as brief as possible. … (Interruptions)

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_________________________________________________________________ *Not Recorded SHRI L.K. ADVANI : It is crucial. He was a member.

MR. SPEAKER: Maybe, but you have not given any notice about him. You know that. You know very well that. I have allowed you time. I am only saying not to take the name. I am only saying this. Why are you upset?   SHRI L.K. ADVANI : All right.

            He is one of the members of the Congress delegation. What he has said is shocking really. That means that the whole Government knew about it. That means that everyone knew about it. After all …. * cannot be knowing more than what Shri Natwar Singh knows or what the Congress Party knows. अध्यक्ष महोदय : नाम रिकार्ड में नहीं जाएंगे।

MR. SPEAKER: You know very well why. I have not said about Shri Natwar Singh because he is a Member. I have not objected to his name. Why are you saying that? … (Interruptions)

MR. SPEAKER: Very well, you know Mr. Advani. I do not have to tell you that there is no notice. These allegations cannot be made here. He is not here to protect himself. … (Interruptions)

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SHRI L.K. ADVANI : I wish that in the two Houses the Prime Minister as Foreign Minister should have come to speak. In neither of the two Houses, did he speak? I am told that today he is going to make a statement. Only after ….* made his statement, the Prime Minister comes here. Sir, I feel that this is an  outrageous insult of the House and the country. … (Interruptions) These revelations should have come to us in the course of the debate. यह हमें .... * से पता लगा। सरकार को इन बातों का जरूर पता होगा, हमको तो पता नहीं था कि ये सारे कूपन कांग्रेस पार्टी के नटवर सिंह ने लिए और वे आज तक मंत्री बने हुए हैं। ठीक है कि आज उनको हटा दिया जाएगा या उन्हें इस्तीफा देने के लिए कहा जाएगा।…( व्यवधान)  अध्यक्ष महोदय : आप लोग बैठ जाइए।

SHRI L.K. ADVANI : “That the allocations meant for the Congress were cornered in Natwar’s name. And even before the Volcker Report, Natwar was aware of him being named in it.” उन्होंने कहा है कि कांग्रेस के नाम पर नटवर सिंह ने कूपन लिए cé[m15] । यह सारे तथ्य आपको पता नहीं थे।…( व्यवधान)  MR. SPEAKER: Now, you have made your point. Let us hear him.

… (Interruptions)

SHRI L.K. ADVANI : No, Sir. My point is that I do not want even Shri Natwar Singh to be made a scapegoat of this scam.… (Interruptions) He has to go. It is not merely Shri Natwar Singh but the whole Congress Party is involved.… (Interruptions) MR. SPEAKER: Very well, you have made your point but this is not fair.