India, March 17 -- Jammu and Kashmir National Conference MP Agha Syed Ruhullah Mehdi castigated the ruling BJP-led NDA government in Parliament as he mentioned the ongoing conflict in West Asia after the US and Israel attacked Iran over two weeks ago.

He was speaking on Monday on the budget allocation for the railways when he sought to "take 10-15 seconds" to express condolences on the "martyrdom" of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Iran Supreme Leader who was killed in the American-Israeli airstrikes on February 28.

He underlined "the killing of innocent people, more than 150 girls, children , in a school (in Iran's Minab)".

"I express my condolences to the people of Iran, to the peace-loving people, the just people all around the world," ...