Party says many laws passed in the second part of the Budget session will be legally challenged in the Supreme Court
The Narendra Modi government pushed through Bills to end the second part of the Budget session two weeks before schedule because of the upcoming Assembly elections but the Opposition was denied an opportunity to have short duration discussions or calling attention motions, the Congress alleged on Thursday.
The party said many of the laws passed in the second part of the Budget session will be legally challenged in the Supreme Court, and cited the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) law defining the Lieutenant-Governor as the “government” in Delhi and the Mines and Mineral (Regulation and Development) Act as examples.
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge; chief whip in the Rajya Sabha, Jairam Ramesh; and the party’s stand-in leader in the Lok Sabha, Ravneet Bittu, in a joint press conference said the principle of…