Monsoon session concludes amid Opp’s protests
New Delhi, Aug 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed disappointment at the absence of normal proceedings in Parliament’s Monsoon session leading to the passage of several bills amid the Opposition’s protests, and said bright and young MPs of the Congress do not get to participate in discussions due to the “insecurity” of its leadership.
Sources said Modi made these remarks at the customary informal meeting of leaders from different parties in Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s office after the House was adjourned sine die. Opposition leaders kept away from the get-together.
The sources added that he did not name Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition who is leading his party’s agitation against the EC’s drive to revise electoral rolls in Bihar, but his remarks were apparently aimed at him.
Modi singled out the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, which bans all real-money games and was passed by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha without discussion due to din, for praise and its wide positive implications due to the adverse impact on society by these online games.
He said the Monsoon session covered several important bills and regretted that they could not be discussed in Parliament.
With opposition leaders skipping the meeting, someone in the get-together remarked that it has become increasingly difficult to bring the Congress on board as few of its leaders, who the government interacts with regularly, can influence the party’s decision, Modi said the opposition has some bright young MPs.
They may be making the leadership “insecure”, he said, as per the sources. (PTI)
