What Sushma Swaraj said in Parliament today

August 17, 2011 14:13

Here's what Sushma Swaraj said in Parliament today.

"This government is not only corrupt but also repressive ... Corruption is a big issue and the way you have acted the people are on the streets," Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj said, initiating a discussion on the issue in the Lok
Sabha.

"The long statement conceals more than it reveals," Swaraj said, adding that protection of civil rights was one of the most important principles in a democratic country and the Opposition parties which are for supremacy of Parliament as also the judiciary, will fight for it.

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