NEW DELHI: The parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, declined to take up discussion of the deadly car explosion near Red Fort Metro Station in its Wednesday meeting, news agency PTI reported citing sources. The blast which claimed lives of 12 people has raised sharp questions about intelligence failure, the MP said, yet no suo motu statement was allowed by the chairperson, Radha Mohan Das Agarwal. A member present in the meeting said a parliamentarian from All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) raised the issue of the blast and associated security lapses in Delhi, but the chairperson “refused to take up the discussion, and also did not allow any suo motu statements on the issue.” The meeting had “disaster management” listed on the agenda and featured appearances by offi

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