A Meeting of all-party was held in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. The Chairman of Upper House, Mr. Hamid Ansari pushed to end the warfare between the government and opposition, therefore this meeting was held and a deal was made to pass the six bills from Monday. Unfortunately, the meeting broke down regarding the GST bill passage.
The Winter Session has only five days remaining and the session will end on December 23. The opposition party, Congress has agreed to implement six bills including SC/ST Amendment Bill, the Appropriation Bills, the Anti-Hijacking Bill, the Atomic Energy Amendment Bill, the Commercial Courts Ordinance Bill and the Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment Bill by December 23.
In the all-party meeting, they did not discuss on the GST Bill, which has already been passed in the Lok Sabha or Lower House of Parliament and now the bill must be passed in the Upper House by December 23. If the Conciliation Amendment Bill passes in the Parliament then it will be sent to the states for enabling the GST system to be implemented by April 1, 2016.
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Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson Prof PJ Kurien said after meeting, “All political parties attended a meeting called by the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, and agreed to let the house function from Monday and get down to what they are supposed to do–pass bills.”
According to the sources, Mr Ansari said to leaders of all parties in the meeting, “Legislative agenda is suffering and this could well be the most unproductive session of parliament in recent history.”
CPI MP D Raja told, “There is a sense of worry among MPs of various parties as the government and the main opposition parties were clashing over the legislative agenda… Protests can’t be at the cost of debate and legislation.”
“Chair can act against couple of disrupting MPs but if more than 40-50 MPs are in the well the chair can do little….Members of Parliament have a right to protest and dissent but they have to perform their duties also”, said Mr. Kurien.
