Congress leaders attacked the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman for his conduct.
New Delhi:
The Congress on Sunday questioned the actions of the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman, accusing him of seemingly colluding with the ruling BJP and denying the basic rights of members for a division of votes, after two controversial farm payments have been cleared by parliament amid an unprecedented uproar.
In a piercing assault on Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh after Sunday’s stormy proceedings, the Congress stated he handed the payments in a rush with out letting the opposition have its say and never permitting them a division of votes for the amendments steered.
Round 47 members of opposition events moved a no-confidence motion against Mr Singh who had the 2 payments handed by a voice vote at the same time as some lawmakers raised slogans, tore paperwork and tried to seize the speaker’s microphone in Rajya Sabha.
“With out taking the sense of the home, inside a second the deputy chairman went for passing this invoice. We did not see such a apply from any home up to now. We did not perceive such a motion from deputy chairman… The basic proper of a member has been curtailed,” Congress Rajya Sabha member KC Venugopal stated at a information briefing on Sunday night.
“Surprisingly we witnessed that BJP members going to the deputy chairman and they’re whispering with the deputy chairman. Not the parliamentary minister. However aside from him, BJP chief Bhupendra Yadav additionally whispering into the ears of deputy chairman. What conspiracy has been executed?” he stated.
“This fairly unacceptable parliamentary democratic process. In parliamentary democracy the federal government has the best way, we agree. However opposition has the say. You aren’t listening to the opposition voice,” Mr Venugopal added.
A no-confidence movement in opposition to the deputy chairman is a primary in parliament and the conference is that Mr Singh mustn’t preside over home periods until the matter is settled. The opposition events additionally allege that he “packed the home with safety personnel intentionally designed to overawe and outnumber the Members of the Opposition”.
Mr Venugopal condemned the federal government as properly. “I witnessed the press convention by honourable Rajnath Singh and 5 of the ministers. They’re completely justifying deputy chairman’s actions and attitudes. That was additionally very unlucky,” he stated.
“The treasury bench got here right now with a prefix thoughts. They aren’t able to hearken to the agony of the farmer. They aren’t able to hearken to opposition voice. They aren’t able to have a division within the farmers’ invoice additionally. After that fairly naturally members turned upset,” the Congress chief added.
The brand new agricultural payments have confronted sturdy protests from the opposition and from farmers, particularly in north India, who say they are going to harm their earnings. The federal government, nonetheless, maintains that they are going to make it simpler for farmers to promote their produce on to huge consumers.
