FEEL LIKE RESIGNING-L.K ADVANI
രാജിവെക്കുന്നതാണ് ഉചിതമെന്ന് തോന്നിപ്പോകുന്നു– അദ്വാനി
BJP
veteran LK Advani again expressed distress today at the continuous disruption
of parliament, invoking the party's gold standard Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former
Prime Minister. As the House was adjourned for the day, the 89-year-old
remained seated and urged home minister Rajnath Singh to speak to the
opposition and try and restore order so that the Houses can run. If Mr Vajpayee
had been in Parliament today, he said, "he would have been very sad."
"Disruptions are so disappointing that I wonder if I should resign from the Lok Sabha," Mr Advani said out aloud to union textile minister Smriti Irani, who drew the attention of Rajnath Singh, standing nearby.The veteran parliamentarian suggested ensuring that the Lok Sabha runs tomorrow, the last day of the winter session, and said a discussion on the notes ban must be held. "If it does not happen and Parliament is adjourned sine die without discussion, it will be considered a washout," he said to lawmakers from the BJP and Trinamool Congress who had come up to greet him. Mr Advani had spoken about parliament disruptions to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar last week.
Welcoming Mr Advani's remark, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "Thank you Advani ji for fighting for democratic values within your party."Friday is a day for private member bills and no legislative agenda is usually taken up. Today, the last day for such work, parliament was once again overrun by noisy clashes between the government and opposition, with both Houses soon adjourned for the day. The winter session, which began on November 16, had 22 sittings and the government had listed 10 important bills to be discussed and passed, including crucial legislation related to the Goods and Services Tax or GST. With a day to go, Parliament had cleared only four billsin the session.
"Disruptions are so disappointing that I wonder if I should resign from the Lok Sabha," Mr Advani said out aloud to union textile minister Smriti Irani, who drew the attention of Rajnath Singh, standing nearby.The veteran parliamentarian suggested ensuring that the Lok Sabha runs tomorrow, the last day of the winter session, and said a discussion on the notes ban must be held. "If it does not happen and Parliament is adjourned sine die without discussion, it will be considered a washout," he said to lawmakers from the BJP and Trinamool Congress who had come up to greet him. Mr Advani had spoken about parliament disruptions to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar last week.
Welcoming Mr Advani's remark, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "Thank you Advani ji for fighting for democratic values within your party."Friday is a day for private member bills and no legislative agenda is usually taken up. Today, the last day for such work, parliament was once again overrun by noisy clashes between the government and opposition, with both Houses soon adjourned for the day. The winter session, which began on November 16, had 22 sittings and the government had listed 10 important bills to be discussed and passed, including crucial legislation related to the Goods and Services Tax or GST. With a day to go, Parliament had cleared only four billsin the session.
A debate on the note ban in the Rajya Saha
or Upper House could not resume after the first day of the session and the Lok
Sabha saw not a single full day of work as the opposition disrupted proceedings
daily over their demand that Prime Minister Narendra Modi explain in parliament
his ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes and its impact on the poor amid a massive
cash crunch that has followed.While the government has said that the PM is
ready to participate in a discussion on the notes ban, the two sides have failed
to agree on how to hold that discussion - with or without a vote at the end.
Both sides have blamed the other for parliament not functioning."This is
for the first time in the history of India that it's the ruling party that is
not letting the House function," alleged the Congress's Ghulam Nabi Azad
in the Rajya Sabha."Parliament has started since November 16. Every day we
used to ask Congress, TMC, Left to debate. But they were taking up rules and
regulations, technicalities and were not ready to debate," said senior BJP
leader and union minister Ananth Kumar..പാർലമെൻറ് നടപടികൾ ഇങ്ങനെ അലേങ്കാലപ്പെടുന്നത് അങ്ങേയറ്റം നിരാശജനകമാണെന്നും രാജിെവച്ചാെലന്താണെന്നാണ് താൻ ആലോചിക്കുന്നതെന്നും മുതിർന്ന ബി.ജെ.പി നേതാവ് എൽ.കെ.അദ്വാനി. ടെക്സ്റ്റെയിൽ മന്ത്രി സ്മൃതി ഇറാനിയോടാണ് അദ്വാനി തെൻറ നിരാശ പങ്കുെവച്ചത്. പാർലമെൻറ് നടപടികൾ തടസ്സപ്പെടുന്നതിൽ അദ്വാനി നേരത്തെയും തെൻറ അതൃപ്തി പരസ്യമായി പ്രകടിപ്പിച്ചിരുന്നു.ശീതകാല സമ്മേളനം അവസാനിക്കാൻ രണ്ട് ദിവസം ബാക്കി നിൽക്കെ ഇന്നും പാർലമെൻറ് നടപടികൾ തടസ്സപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ അദ്വാനി തികച്ചും ദുഖിതനായിരുന്നു. ലോക്സഭ ഇന്നത്തേക്ക് പിരിഞ്ഞതായി സ്പീക്കർ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചപ്പോൾ തെൻറ സീറ്റിൽ തന്നെയിരുന്ന അദ്വാനി രാജ്നാഥ് സിങിനെ വിളിച്ച് പ്രശ്നം പ്രതിപക്ഷവുമായി ചർച്ച ചെയ്ത് പരിഹരിക്കണമെന്ന് നിർദ്ദേശിച്ചു.
വാജ്പേയ് സഭയിൽ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ അദ്ദേഹം ഇതിൽ ദുഖിച്ചേനേയെന്നും അദ്വാനി പറഞ്ഞു.നാളെയും സഭ നടക്കാതെ അനിശ്ചിതമായി പിരിയുകയാണെങ്കിൽ അത് പൂർണ്ണ പരാജയമായിരിക്കുമെന്ന് തന്നെ സന്ദർശിച്ച ബി.ജെ.പി എം.പിമാരോട് അദ്വാനി പറഞ്ഞു.
Prof. John Kurakar
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