Naqvi remark angers Cong

The Rajya Sabha witnessed pandemonium and a brief adjournment on Friday after Opposition members, led by the Congress, stormed into the well after a remark by Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi regarding the Opposition party.

The Congress demanded an apology from the minister and only relented after Mr Naqvi acceded to the Opposition demand that the name of the party be removed from the record. The pandemonium led to a near washout of the crucial Zero Hour.

Trouble began soon after Mr Naqvi, reacting to Congress leader Anand Sharma’s remark that there was “frustration among youth” due to lack of jobs, said there was a sense of optimism in

If there is frustration and disappointment among my friends in his ( Anand Sharma’s) party there is no solution for it

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Union minister

the country but if there is “frustration and disappointment” in that party, he cannot help it.

Sharad Yadav ( JD- U) spoke on the lack of employment generation, finding support from Mr Sharma and Sitaram Yechury ( CPIM). The government claimed jobs were being created in every field. “Under the leadership of PM Modi there is an atmosphere of confidence in the nation... If there is frustration and disappointment among my friends in his party there is no solution for it,” Mr Naqvi said.