Opposition stalls rail budget over Venkaiah's 'insults'

February 26, 2015 11:32

The opposition has delayed the tabling of the railway budget with both houses of Parliament adjourned for a while.

The alleged 'insults' by union minister Venkaiah Naidu sent opposition parties walking out of the Lok Sabha yesterday and today, just 20 minutes into the session, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said Naidu had no right to insult the party.

What happened yesterday was that he advised the Congress to self-introspect on its electoral and political decline.

In an apparent dig at Rahul Gandhis leave to "introspect", the minister said if the Congress cant do it here, then it should go somewhere far and do it. He also drilled in the fact that it was his party in power at the Centre for the next five years.

And about the Delhi verdict, Naidu said, "We need to examine why after winning in seven states we lost in Delhi You (Congress) have been reduced to zero."

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