Venkaiah Naidu pulls up truant Modi minister in Rajya Sabha

NEW DELHI: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed his displeasure over ministers skipping Parliament proceedings, Rajya Sabha Chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday embarrassed the government by pulling up Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairying Sanjeev Kumar Balyan for being absent recently when his named was called.

Naidu cautioned the Minister not to repeat the mistake.

"Mantriji, your name was there in the agenda day before yesterday. But when called, you were not there. Please note that it should not happen in the future," the Chairman said.

Balyan, who laid paper on the table listed against his name in the House, regretted for being absent and assured that it won't happen again.

Later, the House took up various important issues during the Zero Hour. The leaders from Bihar raised the issue of flood in the state that has affected nearly a dozen districts.