The Congress on Tuesday said the monsoon session of Parliament was “extremely disappointing” and the government did not have the appetite to conduct proceedings till the scheduled date of August 12, even as opposition parties were ready to sit till the end to debate and pass bills. . ,
The monsoon session ended on Monday, four days ahead of schedule, after continuous disruptions over the past three weeks over issues like price hike, suspension of 27 MPs, controversial “President” remarks and Enforcement Directorate action.
The Congress said the government has no legislative agenda and though it listed 32 bills at the beginning of the session, it managed to pass only seven in the Lok Sabha and five in the Rajya Sabha.
It was also extraordinary that one-and-a-half-day proceedings were interrupted by the Treasury Bench, which insisted on apologizing to Congress President Sonia Gandhi for the remarks made by the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, who had already apologized for her statement. Was asked AICC General Secretary, Communications and Chief Whip of the party in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh said that both orally and in writing.
He said the coming together of opposition parties to demand a review of the Supreme Court order on PMLA is a big step towards strengthening democracy, and added that mobilizing Congress cadre on people’s issues and the ED’s arbitrary monsoon The session had a big advantage. The anti-ED protest on August 5 also put Home Minister Amit Shah on the ‘backfoot’ for the party.
Describing the monsoon session as “extremely disappointing”, he said, “there was no enthusiasm or appetite on the part of the government to get the bills passed. Normally the opposition says that the House should be adjourned but this time the government should run the House.” had no appetite.
He said the opposition is ready to discuss and pass the bills on August 10 and 12, but the government is in a hurry to curtail the session. Jairam said that the reason given was that BJP MPs do not want to return after Raksha Bandhan on August 11. Only seven in Lok Sabha and five in Rajya Sabha.
“There was no business on the agenda of the government. Floor management was not good. Earlier the Prime Minister used to ignore the Parliament and now the ministers are also doing the same. He also mentioned the absence of education The Central Universities Bill was being introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday when Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Jayaram said IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnav handled the bill and responded to it Narendra Modi He was seen in Rajya Sabha for the first time on Monday when he spoke during the farewell of Speaker of the House M Venkaiah Naidu.
Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi said the government knew about the holidays in advance, so why didn’t it plan accordingly. Ramesh said that this monsoon session was probably the last session of the existing Parliament House as we have been told that the winter session will be held in the new building.
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