Agriculture Bills: The vice president’s misconduct was regrettable, Rajnath Singh said.
New Delhi:
The opposition’s unprecedented “drama” in Rajya Sabha during the passage of agricultural laws was an “attempt to confuse farmers,” Union Minister Rajnath Singh said today. “I am a farmer too, I never believe that the government will harm farmers,” said the defense minister, appearing before the media with five cabinet colleagues to show the government’s determination to clear up doubts about the bills and attack the opposition for the chaos in Rajya Sabha. .
The two controversial and costly bills, which sparked protests by farmers in several states, were passed amid an unprecedented uproar from the opposition today.
The opposition has alleged that the government lacked numbers in the Rajya Sabha and breaking the rules and precedence helped them. More than 45 opposition MPs have filed a vote of no confidence against Rajya Sabha’s Vice President Harivansh Singh.
“Suppose what they are saying is correct, that they were not heard, but even then, is it okay to behave violently or to climb on the chair or break the microphone?” Rajnath Singh said.
“The misconduct inflicted on the vice president was regrettable. By approaching his chair, breaking the regulation, a situation like this has never happened in the history of Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha,” he said. “Their behavior has hurt the dignity of Parliament and is a reflection of themselves,” added the minister.
Opposition MPs who rushed to the House pit after their demand for a House Division was rejected, had tried to break the rule book to underscore their point and tried to remove the microphone.
In their letter to Rajya Sabha’s secretary general, they said the vice president “attempted to get the bills passed hastily and without mind enforcement, circumvented all demands for proper voting by the Division, and violated all Covid regulations. -10 “.
The parliamentarians also alleged that the vice president did not allow many opponents to speak or consider extending the session, which due to the security measures imposed by the coronavirus outbreak, was going to end at 2.
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