Several opposition parties on Monday accused the government of stalling Parliament and finding ways to divert attention from the opposition demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe (JPC) into the Adani issue.
Leaders of opposition parties, including those from the Congress, DMK, RJD, CPI-M, CPI, NCP, JDU, AAP, and Shiv Sena, met in the chamber of Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament House complex in the morning and coordinated their strategy on the demand for a JPC into the Adani issue. They later addressed the media after the first adjournment of both houses.
Speaking to reporter outside Parliament House, Congress deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Pramod Tiwari claimed nothing happens in the BJP without the directions of the prime minister.
Despite several attempts our demand for a JPC is not being accepted, he said.
“Why is the government shying away from JPC…The BJP is running away from JPC and is finding ways to divert attention and is not allowing Parliament to function,” he alleged.
“We have pledged that till the time JPC is not constituted, we will not budge and continue with our struggle. This is not for leaders, but for the people,” Tiwari said.
“You may carry on with ‘police Raj’, it is indicative of dictatorship. This seems just a trailer of dictatorship and the real dictatorship is yet to come,” he charged.
AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted, “the Modi Government’s adamant refusal to allow the Opposition to raise its perfectly legitimate demand for a JPC into the PM-linked Adani ‘Maha Mega Scam’ has resulted in the adjournment of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha this morning till 2 pm.” Tiwari also slammed the manner in which police illegally gathered at the residence of Rahul Gandhi on Sunday.
The opposition has been demanding a JPC into the Adani issue and has been stalling Parliament over the issue.
