The Prime Minister will come to Parliament when it is needed, the ruling BJP said on Wednesday as it responded to opposition swipes about PM Narendra Modi not attending house proceedings. TMC MP Derek O'Brien had said yesterday that the PM needed a visa to come to Parliament, a dig at Modi's foreign trips and absence in Parliament.

"When it's needed for the PM to attend house he will...he came to Parliament today. The PM has his responsibilities, he is doing his work," said Venkaiah Naidu, Parliamentary Affairs Minister.

"If needed the PM will speak, when it's his turn during the question hour he will be there. The PM is doing his job, the people are happy, only the opposition is unhappy, what can we do?" he added.

PM Modi was present in the Lok Sabha today when the opposition raised loud protests against one of his new ministers, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, for a hate speech and an expletive at a rally in Delhi.