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New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has expressed its dismay, and disconcert over the proceedings in both houses during the budget session of parliament, which concluded on April 6, 2018. SDPI national president A. Sayeed in a statement said, “250 hours were wasted by the parliament while issues like the PNB scam and alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act couldn’t come up for discussion.”
Sayeed pointed out that according to PRS legislative research, this was the least productive budget session since the year 2000. “The upper house spent only three minutes on government bills while the same was 14 minutes in the lower house. Never has there been a ruling party in power which had been so insensitive and indifferent to the sufferings of people,” said Sayeed in the press statement.
“While Parliaments in Western democracies work at least 200 days a year but in India not even for 50 days. They never answer opposition’s questions nor have open discussions on policies for uplifting India,” he further pointed out.
He charged that it is BJP’s hidden ally AIADMK, which did not allow the parliament to function while the Speaker connived to let it happen which is a disgrace. He said, “Instead of suspending AIADMK, they are trying to hide behind the house is not in order. Modi Government can escape from parliament but not from the people.”
He said, “The shameless BJP leaders cast themselves in a holier-than-thou outlook while painting the opposition (except their allies) as the epitome of vices. Such nuanced branding is losing its relevance as skeletons keep tumbling out of the ruling party’s closet one after another.”
He pointed out that “the coward Modi govt is the first in the History of India which ran away from discussion no-confidence motion.” Sayeed pointed out, “This is the wrong precedent set and undemocratic way. Next time any minority Government can do the same thing and run five years without any problems. The BJP completely failed to manage the house proceedings. If some folks were disrupting the house, they could have been moved out or suspended. Why was it not done? The BJP was intentionally trying to avoid no-confidence motion and avoid questions on banking frauds!”
Sayeed further said that these retard parliamentarians make democracy look less civilized and more incompetent when compared to dictatorship. He said, “The very purpose of giving so much freedom to the common man is defeated by these jokers. Nowhere in the world, such irresponsible behavior takes place.”