Parliament logjam: Both Houses worked for 18 hours in 2 weeks

As the stalemate between the opposition and the government continued for two weeks both Houses of parliament have witnessed little business except the government passing bills amid din without any proper discussionThe flashpoint is the Pegasus project snooping controversy on which the opposition demands discussion but the government says that after IT Ministers statement only clarification can be sought Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi termed it a non issueAmid the blame game sources have said that both Houses of parliament could function for only 18 hours in 105 hours of scheduled sittingIn the upper house a proper debate was witnessed only on Covid while the Lok Sabha could not see any debate though the government passed important legislations in both Houses of the parliamentAlso read Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs to visit JampK Ladakh in AugustIn Rajya Sabha in approximately 11 hours of work the government managed to pass amendments to Marine Aids Bill Juvenile Justice Bill and Coconut Board Bill amongst others amid dinThe Lok Sabha on the other hand passed the IBC Bill in 7 hours of work while both houses witnessed unruly scenes as TMC MP in the Rajya Sabha Santanu Sen was suspended for tearing papers after snatching it from the IT Minister while in the Lok Sabha MPs from the opposition parties threw papers in the HouseThe principal opposition party the Congress is blaming the government for the logjam Jairam Ramesh said One of the foundational principles of parliamentary democracy is that while the Government has its way the Opposition must have its say But Modi Sarkar believes in my way or highway That is why Parliament is unable to functionThe government is saying that the Opposition is not interested and after repeated attempts the opposite side is not coming down from their demands Pralhad Joshi and Piyush Goyal did meet opposition leaders but no solution has been found yetPralhad Joshi said More than 315 members want the Question Hour Despite that opposition is behaving like this its most unfortunate The IT Minister has given detailed statement in both the Houses This is totally nonserious issueHe said there are so many issues concerning the public that need to be discussed The government does not want to pass the Bills without discussions We are ready for discussion but they are not allowing itThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever