Oppn refusing to apologise on serious issue while I offered apology on small issues: Piyush Goyal

The leaders of the opposition party continued to raise objections regarding the suspension of 12 MPs in the Upper House on Friday. "The opposition leaders are making provocative statements and have refused to apologise on the serious issue even though I have offered an apology on small issues," Goyal said.

The opposition needs to apologise for their behavior to resolve matters, leader of the House Piyush Goyal made these remarks while referring to the suspension of 12 MPs from Rajya Sabha.

The leaders of the opposition party continued to raise objections regarding the suspension of 12 MPs in the Upper House on Friday.

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"The opposition leaders are making provocative statements and have refused to apologise on the serious issue even though I have offered an apology on small issues," Goyal said.

"When they are not willing to apologise, how can the matter be resolved?," he added.

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Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu earlier asked both the parties to resolve the issue.

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The Chairman has rejected various notices of opposition leaders under rule 267. One of the notices was given by Congress MP Deepender Hooda in which he has demanded compensation for the families of those farmers who have lost their lives during the agitation since last year.

The suspended 12 MPs, who have been suspended for the entire winter session for creating ruckus in the House during the monsoon session on August 11, are sitting in protest at Gandhi statue inside the Parliament premises.

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The suspended MPs are from the Congress, Trinamool Congress, CPI, CPI-M and Shiv Sena.

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The members are -- Syed Naseer Hussain, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Phulo Devi Netam, Chhaya Verma, Ripun Bora and Rajmani Patel of the Congress, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Anil Desai of the Shiv Sena, Elamaram Kareem of the CPI-M, Binoy Viswam of the CPI, Dola Sen and Shanta Chhetri of the Trinamool.

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