New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- Amid the Parliament deadlock, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday reiterated that the Government is ready to hold a debate and discussion on the students' protests and sought to know whether the Congress has the "guts to listen" to the reply of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Responding to the press conference of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Rijiju said, "I have very clearly stated the government is fully prepared and ready to discuss the students' protest on NEET, and Home Minister Amit Shah is totally committed and ready to give a full reply on the floor of Parliament. Now Rahul Gandhi has been demanding a discussion and the Home Minister's reply. We are ready. Now we will see who runs away...