In Parliament Next Week: Opposition’s Push For Discussion On ‘Agnipath’

New Delhi:

The Opposition is prone to demand a dialogue on the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme in Parliament subsequent week after the controversy on worth rise is taken up in each the Homes, sources stated Sunday.

A dialogue on worth rise has been listed within the Lok Sabha for Monday and within the Rajya Sabha the subsequent day.

Opposition leaders stated whereas there’s a consensus amongst them in regards to the want for a dialogue on Agnipath, which had sparked widespread violence throughout the nation, they’ve assorted stands on the topic.

With barely 10 working days remaining earlier than the Monsoon Session will get over on August 12, it’s unlikely the events can be abe to extract a debate on the brand new armed forces recruitment scheme in both Home.

“We will certainly increase the problem in Parliament, nonetheless there’s little or no time to pressure a dialogue on it because the session is ending on August 12 and in between there’s a weekend, the vice presidential election in addition to the farewell for (outgoing vice chairman) Venkaiah Naidu,” stated an opposition chief.

Additionally, some leaders stated the events have additionally totally different stands on the problem with these primarily based in northern area demanding an entire withdrawal of the scheme, whereas some just like the TMC asking that state governments be freed of the legal responsibility to supply jobs for the Agniveers.

Congress leaders akin to Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana Deepender Singh Hooda has demanded an entire rollback.

Sources stated the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Samajwadi Get together and the Congress have already filed notices demanding a dialogue on Agnipath in each Homes. Three three notices are prone to be filed on Monday.

Opposition leaders have indicated the federal government has conveyed to them informally they haven’t any plans of accommodating their request on Agnipath because the matter is sub-judice.

The federal government has additionally listed two payments — The Central Universities(Modification) Invoice, 2022 to be launched and the The Wild Life (Safety) Modification Invoice, 2021 to be handed within the Lok Sabha.

Within the Rajya Sabha too two Payments will come up for consideration and passing on Monday — the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Supply Programs (Prohibition of Illegal Actions) Act, 2005; and a Invoice to supply for the nationwide measures for safeguarding the Antarctic setting and dependent and related ecosystems and to offer impact to the Antarctic Treaty, the Conference on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Dwelling Sources and to the Protocol on Environmental Safety to the Antarctic Treaty.

Each these Payments have been handed by the Lok Sabha.