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Monsoon muqabla on cards
Monsoon muqabla on cards. The monsoon session of Parliament beginning Tuesday is set to be stormy as the Congress and other Opposition parties appeared to be closing ranks to corner the NDA government on a range of issues, including Vyapam scam and Lalit Modi controversy.
Stormy Parliament session from tomorrow
New Delhi: The monsoon session of Parliament beginning Tuesday is set to be stormy as the Congress and other Opposition parties appeared to be closing ranks to corner the NDA government on a range of issues, including Vyapam scam and Lalit Modi controversy.
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Besides pressing for removal of Union ministers Sushma Swaraj and Smriti Irani, the Opposition parties have indicated that they would raise the issue of scams and controversies allegedly involving BJP chief ministers -- Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Madhya Pradesh, Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan and Raman Singh of Chhattisgarh -- and demand their resignations.
External Affairs Minister Swaraj is at the centre of a major row for helping former IPL boss Lalit Modi secure travel documents in the UK, while HRD Minister Irani is facing the Opposition flak in the wake of a controversy over her educational qualifications.
The ruling BJP, on its part, is likely to train its guns on Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh of Congress, who is embroiled in a disproportionate assets case. In an indication of the challenges his government is likely to face in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened the maiden meeting of all NDA constituents on Monday to deliberate the strategy to counter the opposition.
Before meeting the allies at his residence, the Prime Minister may also attend two separate all-party meetings called by Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to discuss ways to ensure a smooth session. Sensing the Opposition heat awaiting his government in Parliament, Modi had on Friday acknowledged that there will be a 'muqabla' (contest).
The government's floor managers conceded Monsoon Session could be stormy. In the last Lok Sabha, an entire session was washed out over the Opposition's demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee in the2G scam.
