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SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, discussion on this issue is going on since yesterday. We want to believe the truth. The rules won’t be of any help in that case. Shri Jaswant Singh had made a very clear statement. He wants to censure the Government on this account. The natural reaction to what the Government has done is that of censuring it. I also think so. What the Government did, was not proper at all.

The learned Hon. Finance Minister is not present at the moment. He started some reasons yesterday and probably anybody with even a little knowledge of the Parliamentary tradition would not have replied in such a tone. What is BJP? It is isolated, separate. These issues are different, political difference is a separate issue and conducting the business of Parliament is entirely different. Presently the Members on this side want censure and those sitting on the other side are not ready to accept censure. The dispute is not restricted merely to this issue. Nothing would come out of reading out rules, procedure and voluminous books. If we do not sit together and find a way out then the other alternative is that you should find out your way.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, yesterday you quoted some precedents and after that you said that this would be discussed under Rule 193. That you have included in today’s order paper. Shri Jaswant Singh is a learned man and is conversant with the parliamentary procedures. He found a way out and moved another Adjournment Motion. You said that he has a right to give Adjournment Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would request you to excuse me if I exceed my limits. At that very moment, you should have said that this Motion was not admitted yesterday. This is an order paper. This issue should not be raised. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you too are trying to run the proceedings of the House in a purposeless manner. Having a discussion on this issue for two to three hours during the zero hour would neither help increase the importance of the House nor the discussion on the original issue would progress further which is being debated since yesterday.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would request you to ask both the sides to sit together and find a way out. Alternatively, I would request the leader of the Opposition Party not to go in for voting if the other side does not want it. Whatever you want to say can be said in the discussion. I think they have no reply as to why they hiked the prices ten days ago. Speaking good English does not ensure observance of Parliamentary traditions. Hence I would like to tell you that if there is some deficiency it should b admitted. We should not complicate this matter by raising any political issues. I would like to request that it has been included in the order paper. Shri Jaswant Singh also knows that after its inclusion in the Order Paper, the Speaker cannot allow another question on that very question and he is accepting your right. There is a difference in accepting your right.