New Delhi: All political parties with presence in Parliament have issued whips to their MPs directing them to ensure their presence during the five days of the special session convened next week. Party leaders from the ruling BJP as well as opposition parties including Congress, TMC, RJD and Samajwadi Party have issued whips to MPs of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
This whip comes hours after the Center “revealed” the “provisional agenda” for the special session of Parliament beginning on September 18.
However, the two key constituents of the opposition alliance, the India Bloc – Shiv Sena (Uddhav) and Sharad Pawar-led NCP – have not issued a whip.
Sources said they are unlikely to issue any such whip as Maharashtra is in a festive mood due to the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival. In their one-line whip circulars, both the BJP and the Congress have said that, keeping in mind certain major agenda items that may be brought up during the special session, all MPs from both the Houses will have to be present on all days.
The opposition has alleged that the government may have some “hidden agenda” for the special session, as the declared issues have been described as “temporary”. Earlier also he had raised questions on the actual agenda of the session. The government has listed the parliamentary journey of the last 75 years and the discussion on the passage of five bills in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, including the controversial bill on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other commissioners. Rajya Sabha during the monsoon session.
The Congress has claimed that the opposition party will speak with “one voice” during the India session.
“India’s coalition parties are already speaking. We will speak with one voice not only in the all-party meeting but also during the five-day session. The agenda of the special session of Parliament has not been announced yet. I am saying this because in the list of businesses he has written a very scary line… He has written that this is not a comprehensive list of businesses. So they will play dirty tricks and they may add some business at the last moment,” said Congress chief spokesperson Jairam Ramesh.
TMC leader Derek O’Brien said the full agenda was not yet revealed and the government could adopt some “dirty tricks” and add more businesses to the list.
Rajya Sabha member O’Brien said, “The agenda of the special session of Parliament has not been announced yet.”
“First they said they were discussing the journey of 75 years of Parliament. I asked him why he was bringing a bill that makes a mockery of Parliament and the Constituent Assembly,” O’Brien said.
The agenda was published in the bulletins of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha late on Wednesday night. It has been said in the documents that on the first day, there will be a discussion in both the houses on “75 years of parliamentary journey starting from the Constituent Assembly”.
Four bills were listed in the temporary legislative business of the Lok Sabha, including the Advocates (Amendment) Bill and the Press and Periodicals Registration Bill. The bulletin said that the bills listed for passage should not be considered exhaustive.
Derek raised concerns over the bill regulating the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other election commissioners and said that while the government has listed the discussion on the 75-year journey of Parliament, they are also bringing a bill and “making a mockery of democracy.” Are being”. ,
Rajya Sabha member and RJD leader Manoj Jha said that it is the moral responsibility of any MP to be present in the House when the session is announced.
Shiv Sena leader and Upper House member Priyanka Chaturvedi said Maharashtra is now in a festive mood and party MPs will be present in Parliament one by one as it is also the temple of democracy.
Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) According to the Bill, the Chief Election Commissioner and other election commissioners will be selected by a three-member panel chaired by the Prime Minister and will also include leaders of other states. Opposition in the Lok Sabha and one cabinet minister. This is in contrast to the Supreme Court judgment of March this year which had said that the panel should include the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India.
