By IANS,
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Tuesday allowed opposition members to move separate cut motions against the guillotined demand for grants, amid a walkout by members of the Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
The speaker said even if there was no precedent to allow cut motions when demands for grants were set to be guillotined, she was drawn to a specific clause in the constitution, and was accordingly permitting the same.
Most cut motions pertained to the demands of two ministries – petroleum and fertilisers – and sought to express dissent over the hikes proposed in prices of fuels and fertilisers.
The first cut motion was moved by Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj.
Among others who joined her in moving the motions were BJP’s Murli Manohar Joshi, Ananth Kumar, CPI-M’s Basudeb Acharia, CPI’s Gurudas Dasgupta, AIADMK’s M. Thambi Durai and TDP’s Nama Nageshwara Rao.