India, Aug. 7 -- The government on Friday said there was no direction from the Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan to Union home minister Amit Shah to come to the House.

Speaking in Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour, Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said no direction was given by the chair to the home minister to come to the house adding that it was an observation.

The minister was replying to the leader of the opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge's statement in the House that the government had not shown honour to the chairman's statement.

On Thursday, the chairman had told the minister to echo the sentiment of the Opposition to the minister.

Rajya Sabha chairman on Thursday asked Rijiju to "echo the senti...