BJP backs Modi for not suspending budget session amid coronavirus scare

The BJP has backed the Prime Minister on the issue of the remaining part of the budget session of Parliament. It said he was right in not suspending it as doing so could have created a difficult situation in the country in view of coronavirus.

New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision of not suspending the on-going second half of the budget session in view of the coronavirus threat, saying he is right in telling the MPs that it would send the wrong message to the masses.

"It could have sent a wrong message among public. There could have been a chaos, so Prime Minister was right in deciding that the session would not be suspended as was requested by some of the MPs," Bizay Sonkar Shastri told ETV Bharat here.

He said all possible precautions are being taken to contain the disease that has killed thousands of people across the world. The BJP leader said remaining part of budget session would go on as MPs take all precautions.

However, the BJP has either postponed or cancelled various party functions that were to be held in different parts of the country over the next few weeks.

On being asked if the party could do so in view of the contagious disease, why can't the session be postponed, the national spokesperson of the saffron party said that BJP suspending or cancelling party programmes would not have any impact on the masses but in case parliament suspends the session, it may have a negative effect on the public.

Commenting on the political situation in Madhya Pradesh, the BJP leader said the Congress was buying time in the name coronavirus there.

"The Congress must have proved its majority if they actually had the required numbers to do so," Shashtri said, adding that it was illegal to delay the exercise in the name of the contagious virus.