Sources in opposition parties claimed on Wednesday that the government has indicated that inflation could be discussed in Parliament next week. However, he said that the government is not keen on a debate on the Agneepath military recruitment scheme and may avoid the matter on the ground that it is under consideration.
Sources said the opposition parties have conveyed to the government that unless their MPs remain suspended, discussion on the issue of price hike will not be allowed. Four Congress MPs have been suspended for the remainder of the session in the Lok Sabha for disrupting proceedings in the Lok Sabha, while 19 MPs, including seven from TMC, six from DMK, three from Telangana Rashtra Samithi, two from Communist Party, have been suspended. Has been done. India (Marxist), and a member of the CPI were suspended for the rest of the week.
On Tuesday, a Rajya Sabha MP of the Aam Aadmi Party was also suspended. Opposition parties have been protesting to press for an immediate discussion on the issues of price hike and GST, Parliament proceedings have come to a standstill since the monsoon session began on July 18. The government has said that this matter can be taken up after Finance Minister Nirmala. Sitharaman recovered from COVID-19 and returned to Parliament.
Opposition sources also claimed that “other side” ideologues have indicated that there is a view within the government that suspending 19 opposition MPs in Rajya Sabha at once was a “mis-strategic move” and should have been avoided. . In fact, in the morning Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu met leaders of opposition parties and it was offered that if they expressed regret over their behaviour, a resolution to revoke the suspension would be moved. However, no one accepted the leader. Instead, he said the government should express regret for not discussing the price hike. With the suspension of MPs in the Rajya Sabha ending on Friday, there is likely to be a discussion on the price hike, he said, adding, however, the government does not seem keen to discuss the Agneepath scheme, which faced violent protests across the country. was. Opposition sources said. Agneepath was launched by the government on 14 June 2022 for the recruitment of soldiers below the rank of commissioned officers in all the three services of the armed forces. Most of the protestors against the Agneepath plan attributed the anger to the fact that the army had stopped recruitment for the past two years and the new model does not guarantee jobs to 75 per cent of the recruits.
Sources reveal that the opposition, which will try to push for discussion on the issue, is hoping the government will decline, citing the sub-judice nature of the matter. Petitions on this scheme are pending in the Supreme Court.
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