New Delhi: Parliament session would get underway on Monday, July 19. It is certainly tough going for every side and all parties given the complex political situation in the country amid Covid19 fears.
The reasons for this range from stiff competition electorally both in recent past and what we are heading for next year’s battle to the infighting within parties, contradictions in opposition alliances, foreign funding to news portals to farmers’ stir and possible arrests of some leaders.
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How would UP electoral shape up is another contentious issue before the lawmakers.
Hours before Monsoon session and in the run up to the Parliament session, Congress appointed Navjot Singh Sidhu as new Punjab Congress chief.
Grapevine is the former batting star has benefited in his match against the 'Captain' due to his proximity to the ‘umpire’ at 10 Janpath.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa of BJP recently visited Delhi and met top leaders amid reports of some voices against him.
From Maharashtra, NCP stalwart Sharad Pawar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi fueling all sorts of speculation.
The Aghadi combine of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress have several inherent troubles.
There are also debates to end Sedition law and at the same time no less than the Delhi High Court says India should at the earliest opt for Uniform Civil Code.
So, it will be a monsoon session of hope and despair.
From the sidelines, common people will expect constructive discussions on issues like the fuel prices, jobs amid Covid crisis and the management of Covid19 vaccines.
On Sunday Modi chaired an all-party meeting ensure smooth functioning of both the Houses and said “We look forward to a productive session where all issues can be debated as well as discussed in a constructive manner”.
Seventeen new Bills are likely to be introduced in each of the Houses and five key Ordinances are also pending.
The 2020 winter session was skipped completely due to the pandemic and the Monsoon Session will also be held strictly abiding by the Covid protocols.
This is the first session of Parliament within a fortnight the Prime Minister carried out a drastic reshuffle of the cabinet and dropped 12 ministers including Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
It was also perhaps seen as a lucky reprieve for few and to use a cricket parlance, some players have kept the wickets intact.
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The reshuffle-cum-expansion saw big booster to younger lawmakers such as Kiren Rijiju (Law Minister) and Anurag Thakur (I&B Minister) while Ashwini Vaishnaw, a former bureaucrat, got key portfolios of IT and Railways.
There are four former Babus in the Modi ministry and between them – S Jaishankar, Hardeep Singh Puri, R K Singh and Vaishnaw – they handle portfolios such as External Affairs, Petroleum and Housing, Power and the ones held by Vaishnaw.
West Bengal MPs especially from Trinamool Congress are expected to create stormy scenes as the Mamata Banerjee-led regime is in constant confrontation with the centre.
Lately, a NHRC report submitted to Calcutta High Court on post-poll violence has left the Trinamool Congress regime red-faced.
Earlier, a few months state’s chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay also courted controversies and is now facing charge of ‘indiscipline’ and dereliction of duties.
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