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Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju noted that if the leader of the party is not interested in any debate except creating a "political drama", it is a "loss" of members of the Parliament and said that the Union government will "push through" the bills.
While addressing the advocates' association on 'Parliamentary System in the Largest Democracy in the World', on Saturday, Rijiju said, "I tell the younger member of parliament that when your leader tells you to create disruption in the House, you should resist and tell them that you have come to Parliament to speak for the people who have voted... If the leader of the party is not interested in any debate or discussion except creating a ruckus and political drama, it is a loss of members of the parliament... It is not a problem for the govt.; it is in the majority, and the govt. will push through its bills. But the loss is for the opposition MPs..." He also referred to the recently concluded monsoon session of Parliament. "During the monsoon session, over the course of three weeks, I repeatedly urged the opposition parties to join the discussion... Ultimately, we had to force our majority and pass the bills in the parliament." The Monsoon session of the Parliament, which commenced on July 21, culminated on August 20, a day ahead of its scheduled ending, with both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die. The session had 21 sittings spread over 32 days. The session saw continuous disruptions over the opposition's demand for discussion on Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, with Lok Sabha seeing about 31 per cent productivity and Rajya Sabha about 39 per cent. With the Houses witnessing continuous disruptions throughout the session, the productivity of Lok Sabha has been approximately 31 per cent and that of Rajya Sabha approximately 33 per cent. (ANI)
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