Trinamool Congress legislator Derek O’Brien on Sunday released a video explaining what transpired at the Rajya Sabha during the passage of ...
Trinamool Congress legislator Derek O’Brien on Sunday released a video explaining what transpired at the Rajya Sabha during the passage of the contentious agriculture bills and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of steamrolling the ordinances through Parliament without allowing for a proper discussion.
O’Brien said the Rajya Sabha saw a peaceful debate till 1 pm, when the proceedings were scheduled to end. Opposition members had moved motions disapproving the bills, demanding that these be referred to a select committee for parliamentary scrutiny. But O’brien said Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, who was in the Chair, negated this. “We have a right to move a resolution to send these bills to a select community,” he added. “But these bills were passed without any parliamentary scrutiny.”
During the proceedings, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar was in the process of wrapping up his reply to the debate when the situation started spiralling up after Singh rejected the demand from the Opposition benches to end the session for the day as per schedule. Opposition leaders trooped inside the well of the House in protest, tore and flung documents, and amid the chaos, microphones of both the secretary general and the deputy chairperson were broken. Audio telecast of the live proceedings...
