Govt stumps Oppn, dodges debates yet again in Parliament

New Delhi: In the just concluded winter session of Parliament, the opposition despite all its efforts could not persuade the government for discussion on the Chinese transgression issue.
The regular adjournment notice in Lok Sabha was rejected by the Speaker and the suspension of business in Rajya Sabha was also not entertained by the chair. The Congress has been pushing for discussion on the issue to ‘expose’ the government but in vain.
This time with the new chairman in the Upper House the opposition could not press for an adjournment except for a few occasions and brief timings. Similar pattern was repeated in the Lower House as well.
This is not the first time but during the whole session the opposition could not prevail upon the government to initiate a discussion on any matter except for a very few occasions. The opposition tried to convince the government to discuss issues but could not do so.
Many times in the year the opposition adopted a joint strategy to corner the government but in the end could not do so. Shashi Tharoor said on Friday that, “many important issues like unemployment, inflation could not be discussed in the House… The winter session was cut short.” Though the winter session became the new bone of contention as the opposition is now alleging that the government cut short the session and it was started late but the government said that it was done with “consensus”.