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So, the precedent already exists. It exists in a case involving this Government"s Defence Minister. It says that Justice O. Chinnappa Reddy, at the level of the Supreme Court, has categorically stated that the Government have the right to suggest to the Public Prosecutor that he withdraw from the prosecution. What is more, Mr. Justice O. Chinnappa Reddy went even further. I refer to para 17 of his judgement. I am giving the number so that Shri L.K. Advani can have this examined with the same care with which Shri Jaswant Singh in the other House has promised to have this matter examined. In paragraph 17 of Justice Reddy"s judgement, he has said this.

MR. CHAIRMAN : Shri Advani, please address the Chair, if he yields.

Shri Indrajit Gupta, he would like to clarify something if you are prepared to yield.

SHRI INDRAJIT GUPTA : Let him clarify.

THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI L.K. ADVANI): I would like to draw the attention of the hon. Member to paragraph 15, which says:

"That a National Health Policy will soon be presented, whose twin aims will be the provision of adequate primary health services to all citizens and stabilisation of population."

THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI L.K. ADVANI): We have conveyed to the hon. Speaker last evening itself that so far as the Government is concerned, it is prepared for all alternatives, namely, to sit late today, to sit on Saturday, to sit on Monday, but we are keen that the Motion of Thanks should not be put off, and it should be completed. This was the basic contention that we made to the Speaker. The hon. Speaker conveyed to us that we should sit late today, but we should not extend the Session. ... (Interruptions)

MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Let him complete, do not interrupt him.

SHRI L.K. ADVANI: We also pointed out to him that many Members of the House wanted to go by evening flight today. So, we left it to the Speaker, and he ultimately conveyed to us that we should not extend the House and that it should be completed today. Now, it is for you to decide.

SHRI MANI SHANKAR AIYAR : I just want to reiterate what I had pointed out yesterday that in 1994, the Members of the Treasury Benches, who were then on the Opposition, stalled the discussion on the Motion of Thanks for several weeks, though there was no problem in eventually passing the Motion of Thanks. So, given the fact that they treated us this way, we love to treat them in a similar way.