In response to the recent uproar over an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha last week, Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan, clarified the confusion surrounding the reply on the Palestinian group Hamas. Contrary to the initial attribution to Minister of State for External Affairs, Meenakshi Lekhi, Muraleedharan asserted that he should have been credited with the response.
In a statement presented to the House, included in the supplementary agenda, he addressed the issue arising from the reply given on December 8 to Congress MP Kumbakudi Sudhakaran's question about the 'declaration of Hamas as a terrorist organization.' The controversy ensued on December 9 when Lekhi disapproved of the question, leading to a government clarification citing a "procedural error."
The Ministry of External Affairs subsequently acknowledged the need for a technical correction, designating Muraleedharan as the Minister of State handling the parliamentary query.
Key Points:
1. In response to a recent uproar in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan, clarified that he, and not Minister Meenakshi Lekhi, should have been attributed to the reply regarding the declaration of Hamas as a terrorist organization.
2. Muraleedharan addressed the issue by providing a statement in the House, acknowledging the error in the response to unstarred question number 980 by Congress MP Kumbakudi Sudhakaran on December 8.
3. A controversy ensued on December 9 when Minister Lekhi disavowed approving the question about declaring Hamas a terrorist organization, leading the government to attribute it to a "procedural error."
4. In response to the controversy, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a statement on December 10, emphasizing the need for a technical correction to reflect Muraleedharan as the appropriate Minister of State providing the response.
5. The clarification aims to address the confusion surrounding the ministerial attribution and underscores the procedural correction required in the parliamentary question response related to the designation of Hamas as a terrorist group.
(With Agency Inputs)
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