Oppn protests prevent Modi's reply to Prez speech in House
New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi could not reply to the debate on President Droupadi Murmu's speech on Wednesday as Opposition's raging protests continued and crippled the Lower House proceedings for the third consecutive day. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, meanwhile, brought a copy of former army chief Manoj Naravane's autobiography, Four Stars of Destiny, and said, he wanted to present the book to the PM.
In Lok Sabha, only three lawmakers- shipping minister Sarbanand Sonwal, BJP's Tejaswi Surya and TDP's Harish Balayogi- have been able to complete their speech.
The impasse had started on Monday when Rahul Gandhi wanted to refer to a magazine article that contained excerpts of Naravane's unpublish...
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