New Delhi: The TRAI Amendment Bill has been passed in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The Bill had been passed on Lok Sabha in Monday after which it had been sent to Rajya Sabha.
Other parties like BSP and TMS had support amide oppose of Congress for the Bill.
Though the NDA government lacked numbers, it had expressed confidence yesterday that the Bill would be cleared by the Upper House too.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said, “We are confident that the bill will get through in the Rajya Sabha even as NDA does not have a majority there.”
He had also slammed Congress for its opposition to the law and had reminded that the UPA government had promulgated 61 ordinances.
The ruling party had issued a whip asking its MPs to ensure smooth passage of TRAI amendment bill in Rajya Sabha today.
Amid the oppose of Congress, RJD, CPI-M, AAP and RSP, the bill to remove legal hurdles in the appointment of former TRAI chief Nripendra Misra as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi was passed in Lok Sabha yesterday.TMC had made a volte-face on the issue.
Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed had a dig at TMC without naming it wondering “If somebody takes a U-turn, is it the fault of Congress?”
TMC leader Sudip Bandopadhyay, whose party had opposed the bill last week, supported the measure saying the Prime Minister had “the right to appoint any officer who he feels fit…in the greater interests of better governance.”
His party colleague, Saugata Roy, had last week opposed the bill saying it was being brought “merely to give a government job to a superannuated TRAI Chairman, thereby taking away the independence of TRAI.”
Ahmed, however, downplayed the issue of NCP not backing it on the issue saying “it is for them to decide and they have decided in their own wisdom. They are separate entities…some parties thought that the protest was against one individual.
Ahmed said, “Congress has made it clear that it is not opposing any individual but the way the Ordinance was brought.”
Bureau Report
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