<p>Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Sunday appealed to opposition parties to allow the Rajya Sabha to function to pass important bills.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The minister alleged that by obstructing the business of the house for political reasons, the opposition was hurting national and people's interests.<br /><br />Naidu said the opposition should allow the house to pass several important bills like insurance bill, coal mines nationalization amendment bill and anti-hijacking of aircraft bill.<br /><br />"I appeal to the opposition... Please don't obstruct public interest and development. It's not in the country's interest and not in your public interest also," he told a news conference here.<br /><br />"Parliament should not be seen as an obstacle for development and people's welfare," he said while advising the opposition to understand the spirit of parliamentary democracy.<br /><br />Naidu said while the Lok Sabha passed a record number of 17 bills this session, the upper house was not functioning due to obstruction by some opposition parties who are insisting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi make a statement in the house on conversions.<br /><br />He argued that it should be left to the government to decide which minister should answer on which issue. <br /><br />Naidu said it was ironic that the party which participated in the proceedings in the Lok Sabha was stalling the business of the Rajya Sabha.<br /><br />He said the opposition earlier did not allow the house to function on the issue of central minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's statement made outside parliament. <br /><br />The opposition insisted that the prime minister should make a statement. Even after Modi disapproved the minister's remarks, they continued to stall the proceedings.<br /><br />Refuting the charge that India's secular fabric was under attack, the BJP leader said it was the Congress vote bank politics which was under attack.</p>
<p>Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Sunday appealed to opposition parties to allow the Rajya Sabha to function to pass important bills.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The minister alleged that by obstructing the business of the house for political reasons, the opposition was hurting national and people's interests.<br /><br />Naidu said the opposition should allow the house to pass several important bills like insurance bill, coal mines nationalization amendment bill and anti-hijacking of aircraft bill.<br /><br />"I appeal to the opposition... Please don't obstruct public interest and development. It's not in the country's interest and not in your public interest also," he told a news conference here.<br /><br />"Parliament should not be seen as an obstacle for development and people's welfare," he said while advising the opposition to understand the spirit of parliamentary democracy.<br /><br />Naidu said while the Lok Sabha passed a record number of 17 bills this session, the upper house was not functioning due to obstruction by some opposition parties who are insisting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi make a statement in the house on conversions.<br /><br />He argued that it should be left to the government to decide which minister should answer on which issue. <br /><br />Naidu said it was ironic that the party which participated in the proceedings in the Lok Sabha was stalling the business of the Rajya Sabha.<br /><br />He said the opposition earlier did not allow the house to function on the issue of central minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti's statement made outside parliament. <br /><br />The opposition insisted that the prime minister should make a statement. Even after Modi disapproved the minister's remarks, they continued to stall the proceedings.<br /><br />Refuting the charge that India's secular fabric was under attack, the BJP leader said it was the Congress vote bank politics which was under attack.</p>