New Delhi Mar 29 PTI Opposition members on Tuesday declared support to the two-day nationwide strike call given by a group of trade union against the privatisation policies pursued by the government and sought a discussion on the issue in the Lok SabhaRaising the issue during Zero Hour Trinamool member Saugata Roy claimed that the strike had received massive response and reflected the unhappiness of the people with the policies of the governmentGovernment should understand that people are unhappy over its policies to sell out everything Roy said and sought a discussion on the issue in the HouseCongress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said while the entire opposition had given its full throated support to the trade unions the West Bengal government was trying to thwart the strike in the stateHe said all trade unions except the BJP-affiliated Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh have participated in the strike call to urge the government to stop plundering national resourcesChowdhury accused Trinamool members of misleading the House on the issue of the strike call against the new labour laws privatisation policies of the government and delay in payment of MGNREGA wagesIn West Bengal these people through their party workers are thwarting labour interests It is a sorry state of affairs here in this House they speak of labour interest but are working to thwart it in the state Chowdhury said referring to the Trinamool Congress A joint forum of central trade unions is protesting against the government policies affecting workers farmers and peoplePTI SKU SKU DV DV

New Delhi Mar 28 PTI Opposition members on Monday accused the government of running away from a debate in Parliament on the issue of price rise including the hike in fuel costs soon after the recent assembly elections Several MPs were on their feet raising the matter in Rajya Sabha but the House was adjourned within minutes of the start of the days proceedings The opposition parties alleged that the way they were not allowed to raise the issue during the Zero Hour was unprecedented However later some members raised their concerns on price rise during the debate on the Finance Bill Truly extraordinary that at a few minutes past 11 AM as soon as Opposition MPs got up to raise issues concerning price rise and trade union strike the Honble Chairman adjourned the Rajya Sabha instantly Clearly the Modi Sarkar wants no discussion or debate Congress leader and chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh said on Twitter TMC MP Derek OBrien also tweeted Shocker Every member of Oppn was in their seat Yet RS adjourned till 12 noon Zero Hour Washed out BJP running away from discussion on price rise BJP dont want Parliament to run Show TV footage country will know truth Hon Chairman Sir You are an honorable man Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi alleged that the government was running away from a debate on the issue that concerned every Indian While the prices of petroleum products were being raised every day after the elections were over parliamentarians are not even allowed to raise the issue she told reporters Later in the day the Business Advisory Committee of Lok Sabha decided to hold a discussion on the Ukraine war and price rise sources said PTI SKC SKC RT RT

Guwahati Mar 28 PTI The Opposition parties on Monday staged a walkout in the Assam Assembly after the Speaker disallowed their demand for discussion on an adjournment motion over the issue of price riseLeader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia tried to raise the adjournment motion at the end of the Question HourSpeaker Biswajit Daimary said though he had received the notice for the adjournment motion from the Congress it was delayedAs per rule the notice must be given at least one hour before the House assembles The notice was received at 835 am whereas the House begins from 930 am Daimary said Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi of Raijor Dal contended that he had also given notice for adjournment motion on the same issue well in time for taking up the discussion on MondayInitially the Speaker said he will allow discussion on admissibility of the motion on Tuesday but immediately added that it will not be possible even on that day as business has already been fixedThe Congress AIUDF CPI M and Raijor Dal MLAs started raising slogans like stop price rise and BJP government hai haiThey also displayed placards and stormed into the well of the HouseAs the Speaker continued with the proceedings the Opposition parties walked out of the House PTI SSG MM MM

New Delhi Mar 25 PTI Opposition members on Friday made a strong demand in Lok Sabha to rein in rising fuel prices and accused the government of putting the people to difficult times soon after the elections were overInitiating the discussion on the Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha Congress member Gaurav Gogoi said the government had kept the prices of petrol diesel and cooking gas stable for a month and increased them thrice after the electionsFuel prices have increased for the third time and jingoism is the only antidote this government is offering to the poor Whether there is record unemployment high inequality or inflation people are expected to put all their faith in the supreme leader he saidTrinamool member Satabdi Roy said the poor of the country were not bothered about the Finance Bill but were keen to know when the prices of petrol diesel and cooking gas would reduceNCP leader Supriya Sule said the BJP rode to power on the slogan against inflation and it was time to remind the ruling party of its campaign against corruptionEven my mother used to tell me back then that prices of essential commodities were too high and it may affect the then government adversely After many years she is telling me again that inflation is rising Sule saidBJP member Nishikant Dubey hit out at the previous UPA government for issuing oil bonds to soften the impact of the high international crude pricesThese oil bonds carried an interest rate ranging from 635 per cent to 84 per cent The government had to pay Rs 40000 crore as interest on these oil bonds Dubey said adding that all big businessmen with a networth of Rs 5000 crore and more benefited from thisHe claimed that rising oil prices were due to the Ukraine conflict and wondered whether the government should resort to similar tactics of issuing oil bondsOur prime minister wants to tell the people that there is a crisis at hand and oil prices are bound to increase The situation is such that there will be inflation there will be an increase in prices of petrol and LPG There is a difference between votebank politics and politics of the nation Dubey saidHe said the government was working toward reducing dependence on oil imports by encouraging ethanol blending to the tune of 20 per cent and electric mobilityDubey also said the notion that Centres policies were responsible for high prices of petroleum products should be done away with as several opposition ruled states levied high VAT on fuelTDP member Jaydev Galla sought a clarification from the finance minister on the Russian offer to supply India with crude and also explore the possibility of exporting Indian wheat mustard and cottonHe also wanted the government to amend the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act to insert a clause declaring Amravathi as the only capital of the stateHe urged the finance minister to approve the revised cost of the Polavaram irrigation projectDMK member K Sundaram said the finance minister had conveniently ignored the aspirations and problems faced by the taxpayerHow do you expect the people to spend when they have no income he said PTI SKU ZMN

New Delhi Mar 22 PTI Opposition parties protested in Lok Sabha on Tuesday against the increase in prices of fuel and cooking gas and staged a walkout demanding a rollbackRaising the issue after Question Hour Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the opposition parties had been claiming that the prices of diesel and petrol would increase after the election processMembers of the Congress TMC NCP DMK and Left parties raised slogans from their seats against the fuel price hike and demanded a rollbackThe opposition parties had tried to raise the issue of as soon as Lok Sabha met for Question Hour but were disallowed by Speaker Om BirlaBirla had told the opposition parties to raise the issue after Question HourPetrol and diesel prices were on Tuesday hiked by 80 paise a litre while domestic cooking gas prices were increased by Rs 50 per cylinder ending an over four-and-half month election-related hiatus in rate revision PTI JDSKU SKU TDS TDS TDS

New Delhi Dec 20 PTI Opposition parties must resolutely resist the electoral reforms Bill from being bulldozed in Rajya Sabha and demand its thorough examination by a parliamentary select committee the CPIM said on MondayA Bill to link electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem was passed in Lok Sabha on Monday after a brief debate amid continuous protests by opposition members over various issues including the Lakhimpur Kheri violenceThis Bill has the danger of violating both secrecy of the vote undermining the principle of secret ballot and the fundamental right to privacy of the voter the CPIM said in a statementThe politburo of the CPIM strongly condemns the manner in which important changes in the electoral laws which have far-reaching consequences have been rushed through Lok Sabha and passed in a din it notedMembers of Parliament were not given time for discussion the statement saidMost importantly MPs were not allowed to move any amendments which is a gross violation of parliamentary norms and procedures it allegedIn the morning the discussion was for sending it to a parliamentary select committee for a thorough examination the statement mentionedAbandoning this decision the government issued supplementary agenda post-lunch and rushed through the Bill it notedOpposition parties must resolutely resist this Bill from being bulldozed in Rajya Sabha now and demand its thorough examination by a select committee the party saidCPIM general secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Twitter that the party was condemnable bulldozing of the Bill linking voter ID with AadhaarNo discussion permitted MPs right to vote denied examination by parliamentary committee rejected Violates both secret ballot right to privacy Resist destruction of Democracy he added PTI DSP IJT

New Delhi Sep 20 PTI The Opposition parties should introspect about their irresponsible statements on the COVID-19 vaccination programme of the Modi government that has proved to be the biggest and fastest in the world BJP president J P Nadda said on Monday During a visit to a vaccination centre at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS here he congratulated and thanked the team of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya state health ministers medical fraternity and people for making the vaccination campaign a success Over 25 crore people were vaccinated on Prime Minister Narendra Modis 71st birthday on September 17 setting a world record It proves that this campaign is the biggest and fastest in the world Nadda said The Opposition parties should introspect about their silence on 25 crore vaccinations on September 17 and their irresponsible and laughable statements in the past one year on the vaccination drive They should think about what impression they have left on the society and their role in a democracy he said Nadda also accused the Opposition parties of conspiring to derail the vaccination drive and trying to defame and malign image of the country globally according to a statement from the BJP The manner in which the Opposition parties have given highly irresponsible and negative statements regarding the Corona vaccination drive in the past one year and even conspired to derail it and tried to defame and malign the image of India globally is highly condemnable and very unfortunate the statement quoted him as saying The Opposition parties raised objections and cast aspersions at a crucial time when the entire country under the leadership and guidance of Prime Minister Modi was wholeheartedly supporting the pan-India vaccination drive and making it a big success Nadda said India in a very short span has administered 84 crore vaccine shots the highest in the world Nadda claimed It was Naddas second visit to the AIIMS vaccination centre since the drive began earlier this year He interacted with people who had come for vaccination at the centre and the medical staff and thanked them for making the drive a success The visit by the BJP president was part of the partys 20-day mega campaign titled Sewa Aur Samarpan Abhiyan launched on Modis birthday Nadda was accompanied by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandavia AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria and Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta added the statement PTI VIT SMN SMN

New Delhi Sep 20 PTI The Opposition parties should introspect over their irresponsible statements about the Covid vaccination programme of the Modi government that has proved to be the biggest and fastest in the world BJP president JP Nadda said on MondayIn a visit to a vaccination centre at All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS here he congratulated and thanked a team of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya state health ministers medical fraternity and people for making the vaccination campaign a successOver 25 crore people were vaccinated on Prime Minister Narendra Modis 71st birthday on September 17 setting a world record in vaccination It proves that this campaign is the biggest and fastest in the world Nadda saidThe Opposition parties should introspect over their silence on 25 crore vaccinations on September 17 and their irresponsible and laughable statements in the past one year on the vaccination drive They should think what impression they have left on the society and their role in a democracy he saidIt was his second visit to the AIIMS vaccination centre since the drive began earlier this year He interacted with people who had come for vaccination at the centre and the medical staff and thanked them for making the drive a successThe visit by the BJP president was part of the partys 20-day mega campaign titled Sewa Aur Samarpan Abhiyan launched on Modis birthday PTI VIT KJ