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SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (Ballia, U.P.) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, the House will like to be guided by you. Everyday, the Ministers are making statements that they will sell away the Public Sector Undertakings, whether they are profit-making or loss-making. They also claim that they have the authority to do anything they like without consulting or discussing the matter in Parliament. It is not the question of one individual case. The question raised about the authority of this Parliament.

If Ministers flout the authority of Parliament, I shall like your guidance what hon. Members should do, whether they should wait for the discussion when the Ministers sell away the whole country.

I would not have raised this matter. A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court and the Government has come out with a statement that disinvestment was started by the Government when I was the Prime Minister of this country. At that time, I had specifically said that only 20 per cent of the loss-making companies should be sold away to the financial institutions in order to improve the management and financial condition of those companies. This Government is going on spreading falsehood. This Government is going on challenging the authority of Parliament. Do you think we should keep quiet on this matter?

I do not know what are the matters that could be discussed in Parliament. I do not know whether only personal bickerings, questions relating to corruption and questions regarding certain things about Bhojshala or Babri Masjid could be discussed. The very future, of this nation is at stake.

I shall not doubt anybody’s motivation but the Minister of this Department was very vocal that these companies should not be disinvested. All of a sudden, we see the change. All of a sudden the Prime Minister meets certain Ministers and certain members of the NDA. My friends are very vocal today but their leader and–I do not know what I should say–my friend who happens to be the convenor of the NDA swallows everything that is happening in this Government. It is the future of this country and it is the very dignity, honour and grace of this House, which is at stake and the House would like to have your guidance on this matter.