Parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday hit back at the main Opposition BJP accusing it taking a U-turn on several issues.
The BJP on Wednesday, charged the government with “poor management”. “The main Opposition took a U-turn on several issues. They said something else outside and something else in the House (when some bills were taken up). I leave the definition of floor management to them,” Mr Bansal said.
Dismissing charges that the Congress was a divided House as members spoke in different voices on issues like the Education Tribunal Bill, Mr Bansal said 20 bills were passed in the Lok Sabha and another 26 in the Rajya Sabha during the session which speaks volumes of the floor management of the government.
He virtually dared the BJP to show whether so many bills were passed during the NDA regime in any month-long session despite the Congress taking a constructive approach in the passage of the bills.
Mr Bansal regretted that the session witnessed the Lok Sabha losing 45 hours and the Rajya Sabha 35 hours due to disruptions. He said what is of particular concern was that the Question Hour could not be taken up for nine days following uproar created by opposition on various issues.
Meanwhile, a divided Opposition helped the government in passing of large number of bills.
The BJP did not succeed in raising the price rise issue under an adjournment motion or a discussion under rule 184 in the Lok Sabha and ultimately agreed on a resolution expressing concern on the price rise.
On the other hand,it could not put the government in the dock on the issue of “release” of Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson.