New Delhi, 02 September: Monsoon session of Parliament is to begin from September 14 amid the Corona pandemic.
However, the possibility of the stormy session has started appearing. In fact, the opposition has raised questions on the government’s intention for suspending the Question Hour in this session of Parliament.
Opposition leaders say that in the name of security, the government is trying to escape the liabilities.
Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor tweeted on Wednesday, “I said four months ago that powerful leaders would use the pandemic as an excuse to suppress democracy and disagreement. A notification was issued for the Parliament session, announcing that there will be no Question Hour. โHe asked whether such a step can be justified in the name of keeping us safe?
In another tweet, Tharoor wrote, “Questioning the government is like oxygen in parliamentary democracy. But this government wants to make Parliament like a notice board and is using its majority as a rubber stamp. The one the way accountability was being decided, it is also being sidelined. “
Reacting to the tweet by Shashi Tharoor, Congress General Secretary Mukul Wasnik said that you have misunderstood the government. It is not about your safety but about the safety of the government.
At the same time, Congress leader Rajiv Shukla expressed his displeasure by tweeting.
He wrote how can these happen? The speaker is appealed to see this decision again. Question Hour is the biggest strength of Parliament.
Trinamool MP Dinesh Trivedi also targeted the government on the issue of removal of question hour. He said that it is the duty of every MP to oppose it, because this is the platform that you can ask questions to the government. He said that this is a normal session so there is no special session which is taking such decisions. This means that you have no answer to any question.
At the same time TMC MP Derek O’Brien said that with the withdrawal of the question hour, the MPs of the opposition parties lost the right to ask questions to the government. Maybe for the first time since 1950?
He asked why the Question Hour was cancelled when the rest of the working hours of the Parliament are same as before. He called the government’s decision to kill democracy under the pretext of a pandemic.
It is noteworthy that extensive changes have been made in the proceedings of Parliament in view of the corona virus pandemic. There will be no Question Hour in the Monsoon session starting on September 14. However, Zero Hour will remain in place.
The Lok Sabha will sit from 9 am to 1 pm on the first day, then from 3 pm to 7 pm the rest of the day.
Similarly, Rajya Sabha will sit on the first day i.e. September 14 from 3 pm to 7 pm, but the rest of the day will sit from 9 am to 1 pm. There will also be no holiday on Saturday and Sunday. There will be a total of 18 meetings in this monsoon session starting from 14 September to 1 October.
