PANAJI: Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lack grasping power which makes him avoid giving pointed replies to the questions raised by members of the opposition in the Lok sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Naik addded that though Modi didn’t give satisfactory replies to the questions raised, it is the responsibility of the leader of the house to give a clear answers to each of those unanswered questions. “He does not have grasping power to understand the complicated issues,” Naik said, offering an explanation for Modi indifferent approach.
He pointed out that when former prime minister Manmohan Singh would reply to questions, he would take names of the leaders who had raised the issues. “Leave alone junior leaders, Modi did not take names of even senior leaders,” he added. .
Asked why the senior Congressmen did not question prime minister on this, he reasoned that they probably chose to ignore the matter as it was his first address in the Lok Sabha.
Referring to President Pranab Mukherjee’s speech, he said there was no mention of scientific temper. Naik also expressed regret that the President’s speech had no mention of the positives of the UPA government.
“The president could have used his discretionary powers to add a paragraph on UPA’s achievements,” he stated.
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