After rare outburst by Advani, both the government and main opposition Congress, which is leading the protests in the two Houses of Parliament, tried to shift the blame for his anguish to each other.
"Neither the Speaker nor the Parliamentary Affairs Minister is running the House," he was heard remarking just before Lok Sabha was adjourned 15 minutes ahead of the lunch recess amid slogan-shouting by Congress and TMC members.
Congress was quick to latch on to Advani's angry remarks, telling the government to pay heed to the "good advice" of the BJP veteran and get the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha going.
"L K Advani is a very senior leader of the BJP and has been in Parliament for a long time. BJP considers Advani ji as their 'margdarshak' and guru. I expect that the BJP is not hearing out the opposition, but at least BJP should hear out their 'margdarshak'," Congress spokesperson Sushmita Dev told reporters.
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Top Union ministers, however, attributed Advani's anguish to his anger with opposition parties and insisted they were to "blame" for the impasse.
"He was upset with opposition," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said.
Another senior minister Venkaiah Naidu said everybody was "sad" over the logjam but the opposition was not letting the House to function.
He said while the opposition is saying they are not against remonetisation, they are at the same time not ready to discuss the problems faced by people, an issue they have been raising. They are also coming out and saying that they will not let the house function, he said.
"The people of the country are very happy. Instead of helping the people, solving the problem and moving the country towards digital transfer of money, they are trying to create panic in the society. That have failed in that as well. They are showing their frustration. That is contempt of Parliament and democracy," Naidu said.
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