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PROF. VIJAY KUMAR MALHOTRA : Sir, the Foreign Minister who is to reply to the debate should have been here. … (Interruptions)

SHRI PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI: Sir, since he has to reply to the debate, he should reply in a proper manner and that is why he will get all the inputs and prepare himself and then he will reply. … (Interruptions)

            Sir, I fully appreciate the concerns expressed by them. I express my apology that at this time we could not bring the External Affairs Minister. I am rushing to his room immediately now. Meanwhile, you can start the debate. The Minister of State for External Affairs will take notes. I, once again, express my apology to Shri L.K. Advani. I am going to the room of the Leader of the House immediately.

PROF. VIJAY KUMAR MALHOTRA : The Chair must tell them to do the needful.

MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Shri Basu Deb Acharia has requested that Shri L.K. Advani be allowed to raise this discussion under Rule 193. The hon. Speaker has given his consent. I now request Shri L.K. Advani to initiate the discussion.

 

SHRI L.K. ADVANI (GANDHINAGAR): Mr. Deputy-Speaker, Sir, at the very outset, I would like to express my deep gratitude to Basu Deb Acharia ji. In the ballot, it was his name which came first, mine was second and that is indicated even in the List of Business, but he has kindly agreed that I may initiate the debate. I am grateful also to the Speaker for permitting me to do so.

PROF. M. RAMADASS (PONDICHERRY): She is not a nuclear scientist. We need not go by what she says. … (Interruptions)
 
MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Please do not interrupt. Nothing will go on record except the speech of Shri Advani.
(Interruptions) …* SHRI L.K. ADVANI : I can understand his reaction! … (Interruptions)
MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Please sit down. Nothing should be recorded except the speech of Shri Advani.
(Interruptions) … *   * Not recorded SHRI L.K. ADVANI : There was a demand from my Party as well as from the Left, the Communists that the sense of the House should be taken; a resolution should be passed, etc. I remember, we were criticized; and they were also criticized. … (Interruptions)
SHRI GURUDAS DASGUPTA (PANSKURA): Communists are not your convenient friends! … (Interruptions)
MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Nothing will go on record.
(Interruptions) …* SHRI L.K. ADVANI : I know that; that is why, there had been occasions when we, in the Rajya Sabha, acted together on issues of national interest!             Sir, Shri Prakash Karat has written a full article on this, in The Hindu on 12th August, saying that certain sections in the ruling establishment have sought to project the efforts for a sense of Parliament as the lining up of CPI(M) with the BJP. This is being raised only to sidetrack the real issue. This is what he said.