New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- After the second day of the Winter Session of Parliament, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi accused the government of avoiding critical debates, alleging that issues of national concern, particularly the stress-induced deaths of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and the ongoing SIR process, are being deliberately sidelined.

Speaking outside the Parliament, Chaturvedi said to ANI, "Parliament session is done as per the timeline. You filled all your business in that timeline. We are saying that a certain agenda is important, the manner in which the SIR is ongoing, and BLOs are being given such heavy targets that they are dying from stress. That should be a matter of discussion."

Accusing the government of deliberately ...