After the two houses passed the bill to repeal the three agricultural laws without debate, Congress and 13 other political parties may consider boycotting the parliamentary winter meeting, and 12 opposition MPs were suspended in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Boycott the rest of the winter meeting. According to people with knowledge of developments, starting from Monday and will continue until December 23, one of the options that will be discussed at the opposition meeting on Tuesday morning – as well as the ongoing protests and disrupting procedures.
The Trinamool Conference (TMC) will not participate in conferences led by the conference. The party’s Rajya Sabha leader, Derek O’Brien, said it held a separate meeting to decide its next course of action. During the remaining sessions, 12 legislators were suspended, including two TMC members. Two opposition strategists told HT that boycotting the meeting is an option, but all parties must agree to the plan. The plan will also depend on whether the opposition party has the opportunity to demand a law to ensure parliamentary support for crops after failing to debate the farm bill. “Improve opportunities for the MSP (Minimum Support Price) law and related issues,” said a congressional strategist who asked not to be named.
“We will meet tomorrow to decide the future direction,” Elamaram Kareem of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) told HT. “We received suggestions to boycott the meeting. But before discussing any collective decisions, we must talk to our respective parties.” Karim was one of the lawmakers who were suspended for alleged unruly behavior at the previous meeting. The members suspended for the next session include six members from Congress and two members from Congress. TMC and Shiv Sena, the Communist Party of India and CPI(M) each.
Rajya Sabha’s opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge will meet with other opposition parties on Tuesday morning to discuss the next steps. A joint statement by 14 political parties, including Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), stated: “The leaders of the Rajya Sabha opposition party will meet tomorrow to discuss future actions to resist despotism. The government’s decision And defend parliamentary democracy.”
The governing TMC of West Bengal took an independent stand of independence from Congress and decided to accept its own appeal. The party did not participate in the opposition party meeting on Monday, this is the first time that TRS has participated. TRS leader K Kesava Rao attacked the government through the Farm Repeal Act in Rajya Sabha,
The TMC’s reluctance to participate in Congress-led meetings emerged in the context of the growing distance between the two parties, especially after the TMC poached several legislators and senior leaders from Congress in recent months.
News Source : Hindustan Times
