Price rise: Opp. for discussion with voting
The price rise issue is refusing to die down with the Opposition planning to give a notice for discussion under Rule 184 which entails voting in the Lok Sabha, next week.
The Opposition wants a discussion on this issue with voting as it not only fixes the Centre but expose the duel stand of the Congress allies and supporting parties. H
owever, the government is determined to have a debate without voting. Its managers are confident that the Opposition cannot remain united on this issue in the post Ayodhya situation and the parties like the SP and BSP and cannot be the natural allies of any party. The NDA leaders met shortly after the Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar disallowed the notices of adjournment motion on Wednesday afternoon. According to the sources, the Opposition leaders would appeal Speaker to review her ruling on Thursday.
While the mood in the NDA camp is aggressive on this issue, the Left is not keen on disrupting functioning of Parliament. Instead, they will agitate over the issue outside the House by staging sit-ins along with TDP, AIADMK and BJD and would take part in.
Asked kya khoya,kya paya (what have you lost and gained) on this issue, an Opposition leader conceded that the non-UPA parties have yet to prove smarter on the floor, in parliamentary tactics.
Terming the Speaker’s decision as “disappointing and unfortunate”, BJP’s deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde said, “We have not given up this issue and will put it up again in Parliament tomorrow. All BJP office-bearers, MPs and senior leaders will march to Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday and hand over a memorandum to the President along with 10 crore signatures collected from the common man over a period of three months against rising prices.”
A Union minister, who declined to be identified, said the ruling of the Speaker, disallowing the Adjournment Motion, could not be applicable if fresh notices are served under Rule 184 and a separate ruling would be required for it.
Asked why was the government was against voting on the crucial issue, the minister said the government has to run for four years and it cannot set a precedent where voting takes place on every issue.
“After all, we have to mobilise members every time. Some of them could be indisposed. Everyone knows that government has a majority. This is just to destabilise the government,” he said.
Meanwhile, the government has some urgent business to conduct. The President’s rule in Jharkhand has to be ratified by both Houses by July 30.
“This could create Constitutional problems if the ratification is not done within two months of the proclamation of the President’s rule,” sources said.
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