Shah lashes out at absentee BJP MPs

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah had taken a serious view of party members not attending the Rajya Sabha despite a whip and would seek a written explanation from the absentees, said party leaders on Tuesday. Shah gave a tongue-lashing to BJP members of Parliament (MP) at the party’s parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday, a day after the government faced an embarrassing situation in the Upper House with a united Opposition pushing some changes to the Constitution Amendment Bill on Backward Classes. The BJP chief has asked party MPs to be present in both Houses during the session and