“If The Govt Won’t Follow The Rules, Then Nor Will We”
The Opposition cannot escape its share of blame. By climbing on the tables and waving the rule book in the Chairperson’s face, Opposition MPs plunged the Rajya Sabha into the kind of chaos seen only in state assemblies. The Parliament usually tries to maintain a semblance of dignity, but not this time.
“If the government won’t follow the rules, then nor will we,’’ declared one Opposition MP who did not want to be identified.
Perhaps the question is irrelevant given the way in which the farm and labour bills were approved by Parliament. There was no discussion and all were passed by voice vote. In fact, the labour bills were approved without a single Opposition MP present because they had decided to boycott what was left of the curtailed session.
One of the main functions of Parliament is to scrutinise proposed…