“Rajya Sabha Boycott Till 3 Demands Met”: Opposition Cranks Up Pressure

Quite a few opposition events led by the Congress staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha at this time, demanding that the suspension of eight members be revoked. The Congress was the primary to walkout from the home together with members of the Aam Aadmi Celebration, Trinamool Congress and Left events.

Talking after the Zero Hour, Mr Azad, who’s the chief of the opposition within the Rajya Sabha, put out three calls for together with revoking the suspension of the eight members. He additionally demanded that the federal government brings a invoice which ought to guarantee personal gamers do not procure meals grains beneath the minimal help worth (MSP) fastened by the federal government. The opposition’s third demand was for the MSP to be based mostly on the suggestions of the MS Swaminathan committee report.

Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh went to the protesting members with tea and served it in cups this morning on the lawns of the parliament complicated. The suspended members rebuffed his “tea diplomacy”, calling him “anti-farmer”.

Quickly after, Prime Minister Narendra Modi got here out strongly in help of Mr Harivansh. “To personally serve tea to those that attacked and insulted him just a few days in the past in addition to these sitting on Dharna exhibits that Shri Harivansh Ji has been blessed with a humble thoughts and a giant coronary heart. It exhibits his greatness. I be part of the folks of India in congratulating Harivansh Ji,” PM Modi tweeted.

Snubbed after the tea gesture, the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman declared a one-day quick until tomorrow, expressing anguish over assaults by the opposition in parliament. Commenting on Mr Harivansh’s gesture of providing tea, Mr Azad mentioned, “I respect it. We could have differing views however we have to act as a household.”

The eight suspended Rajya Sabha members embody Trinamool Congress’s Derek O’Brien, Aam Aadmi Celebration’s Sanjay singh, Congress’s Rajeev Satav and CPM’s KK Ragesh.

Quoting former Finance Minister and BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley, Mr Azad mentioned within the Rajya Sabha, “In 2016, Arun Jaitley had mentioned that any authorities will turn out to be illegitimate if the speaker refuses to carry voting. In at this time’s newspapers, there are adverts of ‘one nation, one market’. For God’s sake, don’t transfer  in direction of of ‘one nation, one market’.” To this, Venkaiah Naidu responded, saying, “Arun Jaitley is not any extra. Arun Jaitley had additionally spoke concerning the ‘tyranny of the minority’. “I enchantment to all members to rethink their determination of boycott and take part within the dialogue,” Mr Naidu mentioned.

“You’ll be able to droop me. You can’t silence me,” Trinamool Congress’s Derek O’Brien, who’s among the many eight suspended members, tweeted.

Opposition members accuse the Deputy Chairman of serving to the federal government rush via the farm payments within the Rajya Sabha on Sunday with out following democratic course of. Mr Harivansh had rejected their requires sending the payments to a choose committee for assessment and even to increase the dialogue until Monday. The payments had been handed with a voice vote after the Chair rejected opposition requires bodily voting and a division of votes.

Dramatic scenes unfolded within the Rajya Sabha on Sunday as offended opposition members climbed onto the Secretary Basic’s desk on the centre of the Home, flung a rulebook at Harivansh and pulled out mics. A number of members additionally tore up copies of the payments. Within the unprecedented scenes, marshals needed to type a wall between the Deputy Chairman and the protesting members.