'Shedding crocodile tears': Nirmala Sitharaman blasts Opposition over Manipur discussion

Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on July 31 as the opposition kept insisting on a discussion on the Manipur issue under Rule 267 of the House, even after the government agreed to a short-duration discussion and the chairman announced its initiation.

Following this, Union minister Nirmala Sitharama launched a scathing attack on leaders of Opposition parties for disrupting the proceedings and accused them of shedding crocodile tears on Manipur violence. 

Speaking to reporters, the Finance minister said, "Opposition doesn't want to participate in the discussion on the Manipur issue. Today when this issue was taken up in the Parliament, the opposition ran away from the discussion. Saddened by the behaviour of the opposition. Manipur is just a political issue for them (Opposition). Today it was proved that they were just shedding crocodile tears on the Manipur issue. If they genuinely cared, then they would have discussed it."

With ANI, PTI Inputs