New Delhi: The last session of 15th Lok Sabha may brace the UPA government and hoping to persuade the Opposition to cooperate with it to clear an ambitious legislative agenda.
Six anti-corruption laws and the controversial Bills on Telangana, women’s reservation and communal violence are on the agenda, apart from two votes on account.
The parliamentary managers of government are working overtime to soften the Opposition, but the BJP has thus far made it clear that it will not pass anything unless there is order in the House.
After a meeting with leaders of political parties on Monday morning, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said, “The BJP told us that they have no objections to these Bills provided the House runs and no MP interrupt the proceedings.”
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, after the all-party meeting on Monday, said, “The Congress cannot blame the Opposition for disruptions. The Congress has created this situation.”
She also blames that UPA had become so weak that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy returned the Telangana Bill after it was rejected in the A.P. Assembly.
She said, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram stressed that Telangana “will not go away.” The Bill, he said, has to be voted or defeated. “Otherwise, the problem will spill over to the next Lok Sabha as there will be 17 MPs from the Telangana region and 25 from Seemandhra region, whichever party they may belong to.”
Bureau Report
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