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BJP will take one-sided selections if opposition boycotts particular session of parliament: Jairam Ramesh

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If the opposition events boycott the particular session of Parliament, the BJP will take a one-sided determination, mentioned Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Thursday, including that “there should be a discussion in Parliament about important issues, and we will put them forward”.

Ramesh’s assertion comes as leaders from the opposition events are demanding to know the motive behind calling a Special Session in Parliament.

On Wednesday, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding to debate and debate a number of points, together with the Manipur violence, the financial scenario of the nation, the MSP, and different calls for of farmers, amongst different points.

In the letter, the previous Congress chief additionally talked about that the session is being held with none session with different political events, and none of them had any concept of the agenda for the session.

“You have convened a special five-day session of the Parliament beginning September 18, 2023. I must point out that this special session has been convened without any consultation with other political parties. None of us have any idea of its agenda,” she mentioned in her letter.

“All we have communicated is that all five days have been allocated for government business. We most certainly want to participate in the special session because it will give us an opportunity to raise matters of public concern and importance,” Sonia Gandhi mentioned.

Responding sharply to Sonia Gandhi’s letter, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi mentioned, “You are politicising the work of our Parliament, and when there is no controversy, you are unnecessarily raking it up.”

Reacting to the Congress chief’s declare that the agenda of the particular session wasn’t shared, Prahlad Joshi, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, mentioned, “Never before, even when other governments were at the Center, the agenda was circulated in advance. Unnecessarily, they (Congress) are politicising the issue, and that’s really unfortunate.”

Meanwhile, different leaders from the opposition bloc have additionally raised an identical concern. 

Rashtriya Janta Dal MP Manoj Jha mentioned on Thursday that when particular periods have been known as earlier than, their agenda was shared with the general public, however now solely two individuals know PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, and nobody is aware of why this particular session has been known as.

“It’s not a common session; it’s a special session. Before this, every time a special session was called, people had an idea why it was called. … This is the new transparency in India. Now only two people know PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and no one knows why this special session has been called.”

Speaking to ANI, Chhattisgarh Deputy CM TS Singh Deo repeated his get together’s stance on the particular session of Parliament. He demanded to know the agenda of the upcoming session. “The agenda of the special session of Parliament should be told… If a special session is called, it is for a special reason, and that should be stated,” he added.

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