India, Aug. 8 -- The Union government on Friday said there was no direction from Rajya Sabha Chairman, CP Radhakrishnan to Union home minister Amit Shah to come to the House amid continuing discord between the ruling side and the Opposition, which persisted with its demand for a statement from the minister.

On Friday, the opposition in the Upper House continued to push for a statement from Shah on the police excesses against students on July 20, while they were protesting against paper leaks and said the government had failed to "honour" the Chair's direction.

Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said, "... We had made a request.for the minister to come." over the din, the Congress leaders could be heard saying that the governmen...