India, Aug. 25 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that Parliament and state assemblies were places of debate and discussions "but disrupting their functioning for political gains" was not true debate. Calling it a growing trend, he said that elected representatives must rethink protest plans as they limits the nation's development.

The comments, made at the All India Speakers' Conference on the Delhi Assembly premises, came just three days after the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which concluded with minimal legislative work, largely due to disruptions and repeated adjournments amid opposition protests.

"If meaningful debates do not take place in the corridors of Parliament and legislative assemblies, they will merely becom...