Indian Minister of state for food processing industries Niranjan Jyoti tendered an apology in the Indian parliament yesterday for using abusive language at an election campaign in Delhi but failed to douse the opposition fire even as the Bharatiya Janata Party said yesterday the issue should not be stretched.
On Monday, Jyoti had said people of Delhi must decide if they wanted a government of Ramzaadon (followers of Ram) or a government of those who are illegitimate.
India Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in Rajya Sabha the government did not support Jyoti’s remark, but he also asked the Opposition to “maintain decorum.”
Naqvi said those in the government and the opposition should use dignified language and in the past UPA ministers too had crossed the line many times.
As Rajya Sabha session was adjourned for a third time, finance minister Arun Jaitley said Jyoti’s comments were “improper and unacceptable.”
He said since the minister had apologised and withdrawn her statement, “what happens outside isn’t within domain of this House.”
