PM Modi addressing a labour conference in New Delhi on Monday
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appealed at an all-party meeting to the Opposition to cooperate with the government and allow Parliament to function in the Monsoon Session that begins tomorrow.
The Opposition told the government that it can ensure smooth functioning of the Houses by removing its chief ministers and Union ministers caught in controversies and ordering investigations against them. The Congress has warned that if that does not happen, the session will be disrupted repeatedly.
The BJP is clear that it will fully back its leaders and there will be no resignations. With the battle lines drawn firmly, the stage seems set for another washed-out session.
The Congress chiefly wants the removal of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for backing requests to UK immigration officials from disgraced cricket tycoon Lalit Modi. And Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, over the massive Vyapam recruitment scam in his state.
The BJP has its eye firmly set on the crucial assembly elections to be held in Bihar in September or October. It reckons that any action against its leaders will prove disastrous in Bihar, where it takes on the Janata Dalu United-RJD-Congress alliance and will attack the rival coalition over corruption charges against RJD chief Lalu Yadav.
The Narendra Modi government is already seen as pushing its controversial land acquisition bill, labeled "anti-farmer" by the Opposition, for after the elections in Bihar, a predominantly agrarian state.
That leaves the government with the Goods and Services Tax Bill to urgently push through Parliament in the Monsoon Session. The BJP reportedly assesses that the Congress will find it difficult to block the massive tax reform, which provides for a unified tax regime in the entire country, since its government had first proposed it.
The Congress is expected to try and ensure that the GST bill cannot even be tabled for discussion.
The Opposition told the government that it can ensure smooth functioning of the Houses by removing its chief ministers and Union ministers caught in controversies and ordering investigations against them. The Congress has warned that if that does not happen, the session will be disrupted repeatedly.
The BJP is clear that it will fully back its leaders and there will be no resignations. With the battle lines drawn firmly, the stage seems set for another washed-out session.
The Congress chiefly wants the removal of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for backing requests to UK immigration officials from disgraced cricket tycoon Lalit Modi. And Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, over the massive Vyapam recruitment scam in his state.
The BJP has its eye firmly set on the crucial assembly elections to be held in Bihar in September or October. It reckons that any action against its leaders will prove disastrous in Bihar, where it takes on the Janata Dalu United-RJD-Congress alliance and will attack the rival coalition over corruption charges against RJD chief Lalu Yadav.
The Narendra Modi government is already seen as pushing its controversial land acquisition bill, labeled "anti-farmer" by the Opposition, for after the elections in Bihar, a predominantly agrarian state.
That leaves the government with the Goods and Services Tax Bill to urgently push through Parliament in the Monsoon Session. The BJP reportedly assesses that the Congress will find it difficult to block the massive tax reform, which provides for a unified tax regime in the entire country, since its government had first proposed it.
The Congress is expected to try and ensure that the GST bill cannot even be tabled for discussion.
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