NEW DELHI: With 15 days to go for the
winter session to close and with the logjam over
demonetisation persisting, the
opposition
parties seem to have decided that they can agree to a discussion other than an adjournment motion as long as there is a division.
The 15 opposition parties will continue to demand PM
Modi’s intervention in Rajya Sabha even as they decided that they can consider not insisting on an adjournment motion where the government can be censured if a motion under Rule 184 can be taken up. The opposition parties will also decide on a date before the close of the winter session to hold a second march to Rashtrapati Bhavan, to highlight the issue that they have been jointly raising against the government.
The session has almost been a washout so far as both Houses have been witnessing adjournments on a daily basis. Knowing fully well that the government which is in a clear majority in Lok Sabha can easily defeat the combined opposition, the strategy is to put on record that the entire House is not with the government on the way the implementation of the demonetisation is taking place.
The opposition has also decided to make an issue of the way the government passed the taxation amendment bill in Lok Sabha amid an uproar without holding any discussion on the significant legislation. For this purpose, the opposition will submit a memorandum to President Pranab Mukherjee to register its protest to the highest office in the country, though the President does not have much say that could come in the way of the bill becoming operational.
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