Sushilkumar Shinde expresses 'regret' to BJP for 'Hindu terror' remark
Lok Sabha and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj after which government managers worked overtime to formulate a statement which was acceptable to both sides.
The Home Minister has been under severe attack from BJP which had promised to rake up the issue in the Budget session beginning tomorrow.
"I will continue to perform my duties to the best of my ability to ensure that harmony is maintained in the social fabric of India," Shinde said.
Shinde's statement came on a day when BJP took to the streets in Delhi to protest against his remarks.
These statements from Shinde comes in the wake of PM Manmohan Singh imploring the Opposition to let Parliament function and is definitely meant to assuage the feelings of the BJP and the other saffron parties who had expressed outrage at being linked to terror.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pleaded with opposition parties on Wednesday to allow parliament to function during a session that begins this week, when the government plans to present the annual budget and legislation on economic reform.
The last two sessions of India's federal parliament have been disrupted by opposition members protesting against corruption, reforms and affirmative action policies, although the winter session in December finally managed to conduct business for a few days.
The month-long monsoon session in August and September passed only four bills out of 30 due to be debated.
"It is our sincere hope that we will have a productive, constructive debate leading to agreed solutions to the many national problems that our country faces," Singh
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