PM Modi: Some netas disrupting House as they fear young MPs will outshine them

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday blamed disruptions in Parliament on "insecurities" of a few politicians who fear getting outshone by younger MPs and are organising protests to nip the threat to their own position.

At the customary informal meeting of members of different parties in LS Speaker Om Birla's office after the House was adjourned sine die, the PM reportedly said opposition's protests were bereft of merit.

He said these protests were an outcome of 'insecurities' among a few opposition members - seen as a swipe at Rahul Gandhi - that they orchestrate protests and disrupt proceedings so that the young and talented are denied a chance to emerge, sources said. Modi refrained from taking names.

Opposition kept away from the get together. With them skipping the meeting, one of the participants in the get together is learnt to have remarked that it has become increasingly difficult to bring Congress on board as few of its members, who govt interacts with regularly, can influence the party's decision.

Modi said monsoon session covered several important bills and regretted that they could not be discussed in Parliament.

On opposition parties keeping away from the meeting, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju took a swipe at them saying they might have been too "embarrassed" with their conduct.