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"If leader of party is not interested in any debate except... ": Kiren Rijiju

Aug 31, 2025

While addressing the advocates' association on 'Parliamentary System in the Largest Democracy in the World', on Saturday, Rijiju said, "I tell the younger member of parliament that when your leader tells you to create disruption in the House, you should resist and tell them that you have come to Parliament to speak for the people who have voted... If the leader of the party is not interested in any debate or discussion except creating a ruckus and political drama, it is a loss of members of the parliament... It is not a problem for the govt.; it is in the majority, and the govt. will push through its bills. But the loss is for the opposition MPs..."