New Delhi: Whether it was helplessness in the face of an angry Opposition demanding answers over coal block allocations or the din that drowned his statement and led to adjournment of both Houses of Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought to hit back at detractors with poetry.
The logjam in Parliament entered its second week on Monday with BJP members stridently demanding the resignation of Singh on the issue of coal block allocation. Both the Houses were adjourned till noon as BJP members continued their vociferous protests against the government.
The PM came out of the Lok Sabha and said: "Hazaaron jawabon se acchi hai meri khamoshi, na jaane kitne sawaalon ka aabru rakhe." (With my silence that is better than a thousand answers, I don't know how many questions I dignify).
As soon as the Lok Sabha met, BJP members trooped into the Well raising slogans against the Prime Minister after Speaker Meira Kumar's obituary reference to film actor A K Hangal. "Pradhan Mantri Istifa do (Prime Minister should resign)," the BJP members chanted in the Well. Amid din, Kumar took up the Question Hour but nothing could be heard.
"I am sorry that the house has not been allowed to function," the PM said outside Parliament. He was unable to read out his entire statement due to huge uproar by BJP members in Lok Sabha.
The PM is known to recite Urdu poetry to counter the Opposition tirade. He had once taken on Sushma Swaraj on the cash-for-votes scam by reciting couplets of Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.
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