In a bizarre attempt to target the Centre yet again, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has said that the Government should have kept in mind festivals like Christmas before announcing dates for the Winter Session of Parliament, after the all-party meeting held in Parliament on Tuesday.
Speaking to the media, Chowdhury alleged, “When we celebrate festivals of Hindus and Muslims and others festivals then why not Christian’s (Christmas)… government should have kept this in mind before announcing the session dates,” adding, “This winter session is only for 17 days and the listed item is high which is not enough in said days.”
Responding to the allegation after the all-party meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, “This is a most unfortunate thing because we all know elections are the festival of democracy because two major states elections are going on… that is why we announced session from December 7 to December 29…”
“I condemn the allegation that we are ignoring Christmas. There will be a holiday on December 24 and 25, which means Christmas is on Sunday and we can all celebrate Christmas,” the Parliamentary Affairs Minister added.