Govt defers bills after Opposition boycotts Parliament proceedings

Treasury benches in each the Homes on Thursday requested the Chair to defer scheduled debate and passage of payments as opposition events had walked out in protest over worth rise or ED summons to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

The Rajya Sabha will now take up the invoice looking for to amend the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Supply Programs Act once more on Monday for dialogue and passage.

Although the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Supply Programs (Prohibition of Illegal Actions) Modification Invoice, 2022, was listed from day considered one of this monsoon session, a dialogue on it may happen solely on Thursday. Nonetheless, simply earlier than the invoice was moved, after lunch, the opposition demanded that worth rise and inclusion of extra gadgets underneath Items and Companies Tax be mentioned first. When the Chair didn’t agree, the opposition walked out.

Some non-NDA events additionally took half within the invoice’s dialogue. Those that spoke on the invoice included Prashant Nanda (BJD), M Thambidurai (AIADMK), Ayodhya Rami Reddy Alla (YSRCP), Manoj Kumar Jha (RJD), Okay Ravindra Kumar (TDP), Ram Nath Thakur (JDU) and Prakash Javadekar (BJP). All of them supported the invoice. When it was to be put to vote, minister V Muraleedharan requested Bhubaneswar Kalita who was within the Chair that the invoice be handed on July 25 (Monday) in order that some opposition members who weren’t current may converse earlier than it was handed.

By the way, minister Jitender Singh made an analogous request to the LS Chair when the Indian Antarctic Invoice, 2022, was additionally taken up for passage, indicating that the requests may have been a part of a authorities technique.