New Delhi (Agency):In the capital of India, New Delhi, the Lok Sabha, which is the lower house of the Parliament, passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill through a voice vote on Thursday. This event occurred after the Opposition, the political parties not in power, walked out in protest.
The session was marked by a high level of drama. Sushil Kumar Rinku, the only Member of Parliament (MP) from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), was suspended for the rest of the Monsoon Session by Speaker Om Birla. This decision followed an incident where Rinku threw some papers on the chair while standing in the Well of the House.
Home Minister Amit Shah spoke harshly about the Opposition during the discussion on the bill. He accused them of being solely interested in preserving their opportunistic alliance, pointing out their full participation in opposing the Delhi services bill while seemingly ignoring their earlier concerns about Manipur.
“It is good to see that today after so many days of disruptions, whatever may have been the compulsions, all opposition parties forgot about their protests on Manipur and demand for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s presence in the House, and came together to participate in the discussion on the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill,” Shah said during his response.
Shah suggested that the Opposition’s joint action against this bill was motivated by the desire to maintain their INDIA alliance, as the bill’s passage would lead to the AAP’s exit from the coalition. He noted that due to the Opposition’s tactics, the House had been dysfunctional, leading to nine important bills being passed amidst chaos.
Shah further stated, “You may call anybody to increase your alliance but the fact rains that the next Prime Minister will again be Narendra Modi.” He continued to criticize the INDIA alliance, accusing it of being two-faced and misleading the nation.
Finally, Shah turned his attention to the AAP government in Delhi, which he criticized for desiring bureaucratic control over its officials. He explained that the Delhi government was apprehensive about their wrongdoings being exposed. Shah stressed that Delhi was never a full state and that it was necessary to bring the bill “as rules were needed to be framed since rules were not being followed”. He concluded by affirming the Central government’s right to create rules for Delhi.
