For God's sake, do your job: President tells MPs

December 08, 2016 15:49

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday expressed regret at the repeated disruption of Parliament proceedings over the demonetisation issue.

Addressing a meeting of Defence Estates Organisation, he said:

* For God's sake, do your job. You are meant to transact business in Parliament.

* Majority never participate in disruptions.Only minority come to the well, shout slogans,stop proceeding & create a situation. The chair has no option but to adjourn the house. This (parliamentary disruption) is totally unacceptable.

* I have no intention of accusing any individual but it (disrupting Parliament) has become a practice.

The winter session has been hamstrung by protests and adjournments with the opposition aggressively taking on the government on the notes ban announced on November 8 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

On a month of the demonetisation drive today, the opposition marked a "black day", wore black bands to parliament and protested near the iconic Gandhi statue in the parliament complex.

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