New Delhi, March 18 -- Launching a scathing attack on the union government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address in Parliament on Mahakumbh, Congress leader KC Venugopal said on Tuesday that the Opposition has been demanding a discussion on the Mahakumbh but its demands were ignored.

Venugopal further alleged that the union government stepped away from democratic traditions and usual conventions of the house by not allowing the Opposition to contribute to the Kumbh discussion.

"Prime Minister can give a statement anytime, but there is a procedure, a convention that it should inform. Without informing the House, he suddenly came in and gave a statement on Kumbh, what is the secrecy behind it? But still PM has given a statement, Oppo...