Don’t use Bihar verdict to disrupt winter session of Parliament, Centre tells Opposition
The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs announced the session will run from November 26 to December 23.
Union minister Venkaiah Naidu said on Monday that the defeat of the National Democratic Alliance in the Bihar assembly elections should not be used by the Opposition to disrupt the upcoming winter session of Parliament. Talking to reporters after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Naidu said the verdict reflected the aspirations of the people of Bihar and not the entire nation, reported Hindustan Times. He added that the Centre will do a detailed analysis of the outcome, but “to interpret the result as a mandate to disrupt Parliament is questioning the wisdom of people of the state”.
Bihar voted the Janata Dal (United)-led Mahagathbandhan, or Grand Alliance, into power with almost a three-fourth majority in the assembly elections. The alliance, comprising the JD(U), the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress, secured as many as 178 seats of the 243-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA was obliterated, winning just 58 seats of which the BJP has 53. Naidu said the Grand Alliance won only because the “social arithmetic” was in its favour.
The winter session of Parliament will run from November 26 to December 23, where the central government has said it is keen to take up important legislations like the Goods and Services Tax Bill, the Land Acquisition Bill, the Real Estate Regulation and Development Bill and Negotiable Instruments Arbitration Bill. The Monsoon Session of the Parliament was marred by the Opposition demanding resignations from external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.