Muraleedharan laid a statement in the House, which was included in the supplementary agenda, “correcting the reply given on December 8 to unstarred question number 980 by Congress MP Kumbakudi Sudhakaran regarding ‘declaration of Hamas as terrorist organisation’.”
A massive controversy erupted on December 9 after Lekhi said she had not approved a question tabled in the Lok Sabha on December 8 by declaring Hamas a terrorist organisation, prompting the government to issue a clarification that it was a “procedural error”.
Following the controversy, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a statement on December 10, saying the unstarred question “needs a technical correction in terms of reflecting Muraleedharan as the Minister of State replying to the Parliament question”.
–Ajit Weekly News
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