SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (BALLIA, U.P.) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, all the Members have said that it is a developing situation. It is developing into a serious crisis. If things are today something, tomorrow, they may be different. So, the House cannot commit itself to any position that the Government may take today. The nation should be one. The Prime Minister has made a statement that he wants peace and that we are not going to support war in any way. If the whole nation is to be represented by th

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : Mr. Chairman, Sir, I did not want to speak on this issue but our friend Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav has spoken two sentences, which are compelling me to say a few words. I am not impartial in this matter. I also think on the same lines on which Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav thinks. Our way of expression may be different. I may not adopt the same style. The statement given by the hon. Prime Minister in Himachal Pradesh is unfortunate. In my opinion the views which are being

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : Mr. Speaker, Sir, not a single road has been sanctioned in Uttar Pradesh during the year 2000-2001. I don’t know the reasons therefor. The roads which had been sanctioned in the year 2002-2003 were constructed but I don’t know the number thereof. During his visit to Jaiprakash Nagar last year on 11th October hon. Prime Minister had publicly announced that the village of Shri Jaiprakashji and all the small adjoining villages would be connected to roads but not eve

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia, U.P.) :Mr. Speaker, Sir, I visited Uttar Pradesh twice during the last several days and have come back from Lucknow today. The situation in Uttar Pradesh is not normal. I met the Prime Minister and briefed him that if the conditions prevailing in Uttar Pradesh are not tackled in time, that may lead to civil war. I would not like to say, who is at fault and who is not but we feel very sad and ashamed for the way the Government is being run there and the languag

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia, U.P.) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to raise the issue which is being reported by the newspapers for the last several weeks and which has been discussed briefly in this House and the other House as well. People involved in smuggling of narcotics have been arrested from the house of a Kolkata based retired officer of CBI. A machine used for manufacturing narcotics has also been seized from his house. He is reported to be a very senior level officer. I think

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (BALLIA, U.P.) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question raised by Ramji Lal Suman contains many facts. But it is not true that the Government of India are showing any carelessness in regard to this programme. A number of suggestions were made to that committee. The suggestions which need prompt action by the Government are being attended to. Work is being done in home village of Jai Prakash ji and in the institutions run by him. The Government have not shown a good response t

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia, U.P.) : Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was in 1962 when I first became the Member of Parliament. Since then almost 42-43 years have passed. But the unhappiness that I have felt today, has never been felt before. I had never thought that the proceedings in Parliament would reach to this level. I would not speak anything about any individual. Before taking up the matter of No- Confidence Motion, we have passed five Bills in the one hour period. Out of these, two B

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia, U.P.) : Mr. Speaker, with your permission, I would like to raise an issue with heavy heart. Shri Prakash Singh Badal and his son are languishing in prison in Punjab and every day the news of their maltreatment in jail are reported. One hon. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs herself had visited them and she is an eyewitness to it. A new tendency to settle personal scores with a view to take revenge in politics is increasing in our country and there is a need t

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR : Hon’ble Speaker. Sir, the rural industries in the country, be it tea or some cottage industry are in bad condition. The owner of these industries don’t have enough funds. They can’t even pay minimum wages and due to this, labourers are working at the wages of Rupees 30-40 and eat up loaves of grass. On the one hand, the Government have made a policy to close-down rural industries and on the other hand, an assurance to make laws to provide them with more wages.

SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia, U.P.) : Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just now my colleague Shri Prabhunath was asking me to speak on the subject. I am not being able to understand the way Government is taking this country. It is being said that 35-36 languages should be included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. We had promised to make Hindi as an alternative language, it has not become an alternative language, but we are trying to include 35 more languages. Voices are emerging from ev