Snap all ties with Israel ‘ demands Asaduddin Owaisi. AIMIM leader and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi demanded India to snap all diplomatic tieswith Israel and provide relief to the victims. Uproar was witnessed today in the Lok Sabha as several parties got together to demand a Resolution to condemn Israeli raids in Gaza Strip but the government did not oblige. Members of Congress, Trinamool Congress and PDP staged a walkout after the government said ithas no intention of bringing a resolution to condemn Israeli raids as any action by the government “should not have any implications”. Parties like Congress, Trinamool Congress, PDP,IUML, Left, SP, NCP and AIMIM created uproar as they were demanding that the government bring resolution condemning Israeli action and articulate its voice against the killings in Gaza Strip at the United Nations. Responding to this, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said, “I have noted the views expressed by the members.” Ruling out any resolution, he said, “domesti politics should not affect our foreign policy.” He said the matter is “highly sensitive” concerning foreign policy and “any move by the government should not have any implications”. This led to uproar, with members questioning what implications Naidu was talking about. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan told the members that they all had expressed their views and the government cannot be pressed for a statement. Expressing unhappiness over the government response, members of Congress, under directions of Sonia Gandhi, staged a walkout. TMC and PDP members also walked out. Earlier, the members of these parties trooped intothe Well asking the government to make astatement. Rahul Gandhi too was seen in the aislealong with some of his Congress colleagues. The issue came up after PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti gave a notice for adjournment motionduring the Zero Hour. Mehbooba’s action of displaying placards was, however, disapproved by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan who observed that no member should resort to such an action in the House. ”Worldleaders are meeting in Brazil and they include Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They should pass a resolution seeking immediate ceasefire in theone-sided attack on the Gaza Strip,” the PDPleader said.The attacks are “one-sided becausethe casualties are only on the Palestinian side” shesaid, adding that among the 186 persons killedso far, there are several women and children. Noting that India has been an age-old friend of Palestine, she recalled that late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat used to call Indira Gandhi as hissister as “she stood throughout for the Palestinian cause.” Noting that hundreds of students in Jammu and Kashmir were on the streets protesting these attacks, Mehbooba wanted the House tounanimously express concern over the violence. The Speaker over- ruled the demands for a statement from the government, saying it was not possible to ask the government to react on every issue. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was present in the House. As slogan-shouting by members in the Well continued, Mahajan adjourned the House for 30 minutes. When the House re-assembled, Congress member Shashi Tharoor supported Mehbooba and said his party shares the concern over the “tremendou stragedy”. Pointing out that India has consistently stood by the Palestininan people and for “peace and justice”, he said Israel and Palestine should learnto live side by side. The former Minister of State for External Affairs wanted a short-duration discussion on the issueand a resolution on it. IUML leader E Ahamad said “innocent people are being butchered” and Israel was engaging in“flagrant violation of human rights”, with even women and children not being spared. Asking the government to raise the matter at theUN, Tharoor said, “This is the country ofJawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi who always stood by the Palestinians”. TMC member Saugata Roy also wanted the government to take up the matter at the UN and are solution to be passed by the House to condemn“great human tragedy” and “genocide” in Gaza.He said there should be a permanent ceasefire so that there is no “such aggression” in future.AIADMK member M Thambidurai also wanted a resolution to be passed against the“human rights violation”. P Karunakaran (CPI-M) said the India hastraditionally had good relations with Palestine and the policy cannot change because of change of government. He said he did not mean to say that the policy has changed after the Modi government came to power but wanted this issue to be taken upforcefully by India. SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said it has been the policy of India to raise its voice wherever there isany atrocity against humanity. “We should condemn it (Israeli action), not onlythe government, but we all in this House,” he said. AIMIM leader Asaddudin Owaisi wanted India to snap all diplomatic ties with Israel and provide relief to the victims.
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