For God's sake, BEHAVE, President tells MPs after room squabble

August 13, 2014 11:04

President Pranab Mukherjee has from a public stage reminded the country's lawmakers that they must uphold Parliament's dignity, after members of the Trinamool Congress and the Telugu Desam Party or TDP engaged in an unseemly squabble over a room in Parliament.

"Please, for God's sake, except you nobody can do it. It is our responsibility, we the elected members of both houses including nominated members, to uphold the prestige, dignity and honour of this great, great institution," the President said at a function yesterday, where he gave away awards for the best Parliamentarians. Read more

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