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Lalu wants pay cut for 'disruptive' MPs

July 05, 2004 13:03 IST

Even as the Opposition plans to boycott his Budget presentation over the issue of 'tainted' ministers, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has suggested the enactment of a law to stop an MP's salary on the days he/she disrupts proceedings in Parliament.

"A new law should be adopted to see that those disrupting the House proceedings should not be paid salary for the days they disrupt the proceedings," he said on Sunday while participating in a programme on BBC Radio.

He said despite the National Democratic Alliance-led Opposition's threat to boycott the Railway Budget, "I will present it on the 6th [of July] whether anybody listens or not. Through Parliament I will inform and address the Indian public, I don't care, damn care," he was quoted as saying.

About the Godhra train carnage in Gujarat, which sparked off communal riots in 2002, he said, "We will carefully and legally examine everything. It is a matter concerning our railways. The nation has a right to know the truthful sequence of the incident that led to the murder of thousands of innocent people."


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