Sushma Swaraj slams Sonia Gandhi, says sad Speaker interrupted me: Highlights

New Delhi: Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, addressing a press conference today slammed both Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Speaker Meira Kumar.

Following are the highlights of her press conference:

• Parliamentary Affairs Minister called yesterday wanting a meeting on end the deadlock in Parliament to pass the Finance Bill. I told him there should be an all-party meeting called by the Speaker...there was an all-party meeting held in the Speaker's cabin at around 11:15 am yesterday.
• May 6 was decided for the next bill... But constitution says that it lapses in 65 days. Government accepted the lapse
• I told Speaker that we aren't an irresponsible. We can't become bhagidaar... So will walk out
• Disappointed that the Speaker didn't tell the Congress MPs to sit or allow me to speak
• My allegation is that the UPA chairperson and Cong president doesn't accept democratic institutions and principles
• They don't allow opposition leader to speak
• If the Speaker calls a meeting again, we will not attend
• We are the opposition... They say they will allow discussion
• They don't let us speak how will they allow discussion?
• Law says once there is discussion, it won't be discussed again
• Irrespective of what's decided in all-party meets, what Sonia Gandhi wants happens in the House
• What is the use of all-party meetings if what is decided in them is not reflected in the Parliament?
  
• It is a situation of total breakdown but it is the responsibility of the government, not me
• The ball is in the court of the Government and Speaker
• My speech had just begun in Lok Sabha today and Congress members started interrupting me
  
• We wanted discussion in Parliament
• We wanted to raise the topics of China incursion, rapes in the capital...
• The countdown for this government has begun
• There is no question of sahayog. We will not bring any Avishwas prastav
• We are not moving a no-confidence motion
• We don't have any plan to go to the streets to protest