BJP blames Congress, Left for Parliament washout

NEW DELHI: The BJP put the entire blame for the washout of the monsoon session on the opposition, specially on the Congress and Left. The NDA has decided to bank on public anger to demolish what is left of the opposition strength to press ahead with its development agenda, by campaigning in their constituencies on how they are stalling the country’s progress.
“Hostile reactions from the public” will impact the opposition and the “gradual change in the numbers in Rajya Sabha" will turn the tables, finance minister Arun Jaitley said, replying to questions on how things would get moving for the government in Parliament.
At least four MPs and a Union minister will visit the 44 Congress and nine constituencies of the Left MPs and campaign against them for stalling development between September 25 and October 2, Jaitley said.
Reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s aggressive speech in Lok Sabha, Jaitley took a dig at the Congress vice-president, saying, “When seniority is thrust on you, a certain level of maturity is expected ... Aggressive body language is never a substitute for substance. But the more he grows, the more he becomes immature.”
While he criticized Rahul for a “rent a cause" approach, saying “he cannot make a distinction between parliamentary speech and sloganeering”, Jaitley said Congress chief Sonia Gandhi marked a new low by entering the well of Lok Sabha. “The supreme leader of a party has never done this. Even the pretext of stature and dignity was not maintained,” he said.
Jaitley launched a sharp attack on the Congress top brass, saying they could not accept power and authority going outside the family. “Congress has exhibited that it continues to be enslaved to a family. It is willing to compromise national interest and policy merely because the family is unable to digest its electoral defeat in 2014. There is popular disapproval of its policies of disruption without a cause,” Jaitley said.
Asked why the government could not counter the opposition, he described Congress and the Left as key actors in the disruption and said the government was hopeful that the “hostility of public opinion" would force them to help in passage of the GST bill, which could not be passed because of the logjam.