Naidu smells 'conspiracy' behind ruckus in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, Aug 1: Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said he sees a "conspiracy" in opposition members agitating and trying to stall the proceedings of upper House.
Naidu's remarks came soon after the House reassembled at 2 p.m after two adjournments and he allowed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Amit Shah to continue with his speech which he was not able to complete on Tuesday due to ruckus by the opposition members.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy raised a point of order and said as per the rules of conduct of the upper House, a member cannot speak twice on the same issue if he fails to complete his speech in the first instance.
But his point of order was rejected by the Chairman.
Naidu said he had given Shah permission to complete his speech and asked him to continue.
As the point of order was rejected, the TMC members trooped near the Chairman's podium and started raising slogans, asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come in the House and make a statement on the issue.
Naidu urged the TMC members to go back to their seats and allow Shah to continue.
"It seems a conspiracy ... not letting the House function by creating controversy... You are doing something which is not acceptable in parliamentary system," Naidu said.
But the TMC members did not relent.
As they continued with their protest and sloganeering, Naidu appealed Roy to ask his party members to go back to their seats.
"You create disorder and you raise point of order... There must be some patience to hear the reply," he said.
As Naidu's continuous appeal was not heeded by the agitating TMC members, he said: "This seems to be a system that you spoke, you had your say and now come and disturb the proceedings. You don't want to hear the reply."
As the TMC members continued with their protest and did not even allow Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to speak, Nadu adjourned the House for the day.
"As some of the members are not willing to hear the reply of Home Minister and as they are not ready to relent, I am adjourning the House for the day," Naidu said before adjourning the House.
Earlier, the Congress members were on their feet to register their protest against Shah's remarks made on Tuesday.
Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma asked Chairman Naidu to expunge Shah's comments wherein he said "you (Congress) did not have the courage, but we have it to implement the NRC".
Naidu said that he would look into it and expunge any remarks that were found uncalled for.
As the Congress members continued with their protest, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon minutes after it met for the day.
The BJP and the TMC are at loggerheads over the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.
Shah had claimed that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government had the courage to do what the Congress lacked on identifying foreigners.
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Cong cites Kangana's purported remarks to accuse BJP of wanting to bring back repealed farm laws
New Delhi, Sep 24: The Congress on Tuesday cited BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's purported remarks on farm laws to allege that the ruling party was making efforts to bring back the three laws that were repealed in 2021, and asserted that Haryana will give a befitting reply to it.
The Congress shared on X an undated video of Ranaut in which she is purportedly saying in Hindi, "Farm laws that have been repealed should be brought back. I think this may get controversial. The laws in farmers' interest be brought back. Farmers should themselves demand this (to bring farm laws back) so that there is no hindrance to their prosperity.
"Farmers are a pillar of strength in India's progress. Only in some states, they had objected to farm laws. I appeal with folded hands that farm laws should be brought back in the interest of farmers."
In a post in Hindi along with the video, the Congress said, "The three black laws imposed on farmers should be brought back: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has said this. More than 750 farmers of the country were martyred, only then did the Modi government wake up and these black laws were withdrawn."
Now BJP MPs are planning to bring back these laws, the Congress alleged.
"The Congress is with the farmers. These black laws will never return, no matter how hard Narendra Modi and his MPs try," the opposition party said on X.
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate also shared the video of Ranaut on X and said, "'All three farm laws should be brought back': BJP MP Kangana Ranaut. More than 750 farmers were martyred while protesting against the three black farmer laws. Efforts are being made to bring them back."
"We will never let that happen. Haryana will answer first," she said in an apparent reference to the assembly polls in Haryana.
Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera also shared the video on X and said it was the BJP's "real thinking".
"How many times will you deceive the farmers, you two-faced people?" Khera said in a post in Hindi.
The three laws -- Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act; The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act; and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act -- were repealed in November 2021.
The farmers' protest started at the fag-end of November 2020 and ended after Parliament repealed the three laws. The legislations came into force in June 2020 and were repealed in November 2021.
“तीनों किसान क़ानून वापस लाये जाने चाहिए” : BJP MP कंगना रनौत
— Supriya Shrinate (@SupriyaShrinate) September 24, 2024
जिन तीन काले किसान विरोधी क़ानूनों की मुख़ालिफ़त करते 750 से ज़्यादा किसान शहीद हो गए
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