Rajya Sabha Deputy Leader Naqvi accused the Congress and a few other Opposition parties of working with the policy of “rant and run” by making allegations and scooting off. In an interview, the Minority Affairs Minister said the government is ready to discuss all issues that are related to people and expressed hope that the impasse between the government and the Opposition will be broken allowing Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to function smoothly.
As per now, Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have failed to transact any significant business, except passage of some bills, amid continued protests by Opposition parties over the Pegasus and farmers’ issues since the Monsoon session of Parliament commenced on July 19.
The Opposition and the government are locked in a standoff with the former seeking a debate over the Pegasus issue. The senior BJP leader also rejected talk of the Parliament’s Monsoon session being curtailed and said there was no basis of such “rumours” as the session was to be scheduled till August 13 and business is listed till then.
On the call for Opposition unity during West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Delhi visit recently, Naqvi said there are more than one dozen prime ministerial candidates in the Opposition with many leaders trying to project themselves as PM probables. “Opposition unity is good, we have no issues with it but neither they have leadership nor do they have a programme or policy. Their only programme or policy is Pm Modi bashing,” he said. Modi bashing will not pay any dividends, Naqvi added.
News Source : TOI
