Monsoon session of Parliament ends, government not satisfied with overall performance of the session

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 13 (STC): Accusing the Congress of unfairly affecting the proceedings of Parliament during the monsoon session, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that this is the first time in the parliamentary history of the country that when the government was ready for discussion and negotiations, the opposition itself seemed to be running away from the discussion.
He said that the overall performance of Parliament during the session was very disappointing.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi after both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned indefinitely during the monsoon session, Kiren Rijiju said that the government is not satisfied with the quality of the debate in Parliament and the overall performance of the session. According to him, the productivity of the Lok Sabha during the monsoon session was only 19% while the productivity of the Rajya Sabha was 39%. He alleged that the Congress repeatedly disrupted the proceedings of the Houses and avoided negotiations despite the government’s offer of a debate.
Rijiju said that a total of 12 bills were passed during the monsoon session, but it is unfortunate that only one bill could be formally discussed in both the houses.
Notably, during the monsoon session that began on July 20, protests and uproar by the opposition continued on various issues in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Initially, the focus of the opposition parties’ protests was the NEET paper leak issue and allegations of alleged irregularities in donations received for the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Later, the opposition demanded a debate on police action against students protesting against the NEET paper leak. The Congress also demanded the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in the House and their statements on this issue.
On Wednesday, another attempt of a similar nature was made by the government, but this attempt also failed. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi took the stand that the youth wanted to know who had allegedly ordered the firing of pellet guns on protesting students. Rahul Gandhi also objected to the government’s offer for Amit Shah to respond in the House and said that the opposition was not interested in listening to the “ideas and lectures” presented by the Home Minister.
He said that if Amit Shah had ordered the firing of pellet guns on students, then he is responsible, and if he did not give such an order, then he is incompetent. The Congress leader added that in both cases, the Home Minister should resign.
The Parliamentary Affairs Minister, however, blamed the opposition, especially the Congress, for the low productivity of the session, saying that the government was constantly ready to discuss various important national issues, but due to the opposition’s protests and disruption of proceedings, parliamentary business could not proceed as usual.
(Straight Talk Communications)