MR. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: You cannot make irresponsible statements in this House. It is very wrong to make irresponsible statements.
SHRI A. G. KULKARNI: Anything said against the Minister of External Affairs should be expunged. All the things said about equipments etc. Is a political thing and that should go out of the proceedings. It will be international used against our Indian Government.
(Interruptions)
MR. DEPUTY CHSIRMSN: Order Please.
SHRI A. G. KULKARANI: I am on my legs. Let me compete. Mr. Chatterjee has taken this occasion to propagate his pray’s views which are akin to the Chinese and Naxalites views. All this has gone into the record. It has to be expunged. Mr Swaran singh has rightly replied to him. All that Mr. Chatterjee said should go out of the record. It should be expunged from the record.
MR. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: Sit down please.
THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION (SHRI M. S. GURUPADASWAMY): I want to submit that all of us are very much concerned about this issue but till now we have been debating this issue though critically, but we never took a partisan attitude. All along all the political parties tried to rise above party interests and took into consideration mainly the national interest. Today, I am sorry to say. Mr. Chatterjee indulged in certain things which are not conducive either to help the formulation of a policy or to give a redefinition of our attitude or to project our thinking in the important matter. On the contrary his questioning has exposed us to certain things. I am sure they are not his international but I would appeal to him, as a fellow Member, that on an impotent issue like this, when we are formulating a national approach whatever may be the differences between us and the Government we have differences with them when we are projecting our view, we should, I think, be careful and avoid all reference which may expose us and this country and our people to criticism which will not be good at all and which will jeopardize our interests. Therefore as a Member of the Opposition, I appeal to Mr. Chatterjee to reconsider the whole things and whatever may be truth or otherwise of what he what he said, he should desist from making such statement on the floor of this House.
SHRI A. G. KULKRNI. It should de expunged.
SHRI M. S. GURUPADASWAMY: I do not say expunged Let us not create to controversy over this issue. I would say that he should not press this question further and this does not require any answer from the minister. Whatever may be the differences between us we should confine our remarks within the framework that we have been following all along and I hope and trust that my colleague, Mr Chatterjee, will reconsider this position and realest from the position he has already taken and will not press his question further.
SHRINIREN GHOSH: sir, may I say.......
MR. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: Please sit down.
SHRINIREN GHOSH: I have to say something on what he has said just now.
