Onus of running Parliament smoothly on govt as well: Shashi Tharoor

December 17, 2015 10:42

Stating that Congress cannot be blamed for the logjam in Parliament, party leader Shashi Tharoor said the onus of ensuring its smooth functioning was "as much" on the government as he asked the Narendra Modi dispensation to take the party's concerns "very seriously".

Tharoor said there will be constructive response from opposition parties only if the government reached out to them in a "constructive way".

At a time when Congress is up in arms against the government, Tharoor will on Friday introduce three private members bills seeking to amend Section 377 of IPC to de-criminalise homosexuality, offering rights to foreign nationals seeking asylum in India and amending Section 124A of IPC to ensure that the sedition term is not misused.

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