New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walked out of the Lok Sabha on Tuesday during Sports Minister MS Gill's statement on the Commonwealth Games (CWG).
Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj led the walkout after expressing ire over Gill's remarks that MPs could get more information on the cost of the CWG stadiums through a Right to Information application.
Sushma claimed that the statement was tantamount to saying that RTI was higher than the accountability of Parliament.
The Sports Minister assured the members of the Parliament that nothing will be hidden or covered up from anyone.
"We are ready to consider any kind of inquiry after October 15. Our government will continue to be there after October 15. Let the focus at present be on the sportspersons when the games are not far off," Sports Minister M S Gill told the House replying to a debate on the games.
"Nothing will be hidden or covered up," Gill said in his hour-long reply which was repeatedly interrupted by Opposition members, who continued to pose queries on allegations of corruption and diversion of funds.
Dissatisfied with the reply of the Sports Minister, Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj alonf with the BJP members led a noisy walk out of the Lok Sabha.
(With inputs from PTI and IANS)
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