SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia) : Mr. Chairman, Sir, I would like to submit briefly that some days ago I had raised the matter about the court’s decision regarding the installation of the statue of Gandhiji at India Gate and the directive to the Government to take a decision by 4th August in that regard. So far the Government has made no response. Shri Narasimha Rao had proposed to build a August Kranti Udyan and the whole House had expressed its unanimity on it. I feel sorry that neither

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (BALLIA) : Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Shri Basu Deb Acharia has raised a very important matter. The Supreme Court has directed in its judgement to shift 85 industries from Delhi. In this judgement the Court has said that these industries would be shifted not to some distant places but to such sites where from workers can commute conveniently. So far as I think, people can commute up to a distance of 60 kms. conveniently but a large number of industries are either being shifted

THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding riots in Delhi and the anxiety expressed thereon.... (Interruptions) SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : We are equally concerned about that. This is a matter of sorrow and shame for us that riots occurred in a city like Delhi. Those who were behind these riots... (Interruptions) SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : I have not given any certificate to the people responsible for these riots... (Interruptions)... SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : Do you want to he

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : Mr. Speaker, Sir, many things come in the Press, to be fair to the leader to the leader of the Congress Party, at no stage he had mentioned the name ‘Bofors’ to me during the last one month, if some friends feel satisfied by chanting Bofors all the time for solving all the problems of the country, I have nothing to say about it. But I assure my friends Shri Dandavate, that the law will take its own course and nobody will be spared. What I said was, and am saying

THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR) : I beg to move: “That this House expresses its confidence in the Council of Ministers.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, I regret that the non-formation of the council of Ministers has shocked many of my friends and they are very keen to see as early as possible the new faces of the members of the Council of Ministers. They have become so habitual of seeing the faces of Ministers that Parliament is meaningless to them without Ministers. They want to know t

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : I believe reciprocity in politics. May I request my hon. friend, Somnath Chatterjee not to use the language which I may be forced to reply in the same way.

THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am glad that Advaniji has made my task very easy. I only hope that after putting the papers on the Table of the House, the Government should not be accused that further investigation was not made possible. I want to make this very clear. I have no intention to conceal any fact, nor to save any person. I will be the first person to lay all the information on the Table of the House because I was telling in the beginning of my s

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : Mr. Speaker, Sir, I feel sad after hearing the whole debate. I shall not say a word about the speech of my friend, Mr. Sathe, because he has been kind enough to extend his support. I am glad that in spite of all anguish and anger, my friend from the CPM and CPI friends have raised the level of the debate. I shall not go into the acrimonious accusations; nor shall I like to answer them. But, definitely they have raised a very valid question. What is the programme befo

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia) : He speaks for the country also, sometimes. (Interruptions) SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to make a submission to you with any heavy heart, I would like to submit that I do not have any hope from this Government. I stopped pinning hope on this Government the day it started making new economic policies. Facts were concealed then and are also being concealed. Now a new precedence is being set in this House, as Shri Vajpayee just now stated th

THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR) : Mr. Chairman, Sir, as the Hon. Members are aware, all the efforts made by the Security Council on 23rd February to stop the war and restore peace in the Gulf region proved of no avail. The ground war has started and has been going on for the last two days. Its consequences are going to be really devastating. Iraq and Kuwait may be destroyed almost beyond recognition. Hundreds of thousands of the people of those two countries are likely to suffer