One more session of the Parliament has been washed away with the prevailing logjam over the demonetisation. Earlier it was stalemate over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill. At that time NDA leaders staged a march from Parliament House to Vijay Chowk in a unique way to tell people about the Congress’ ways of handling business. The leaders said it is not a protest rally but an awareness rally for the people in a democratic way. Prime Minister spoke about emergency situation. What is he talking about? Does he mean that not getting Congress assent for the GST Bill situation has come to put country on emergency. What happened when BJP was in opposition and held the Parliament to ransom by not allowing any business. This Bill has been pending for House approval for the last five years and at that time it was the BJP which staged walkouts and ruckus thus not allowing any business. Today the demonetisation has eaten away almost whole of the monsoon session of the Parliament and veteran BJP leader L.K Advani on Thursday said he felt like resigning from Parliament because of unending disruptions in both Houses. He also took shelter under Vajpayee shadow by telling party MPs that the now ailing former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would have been very sad to witness the state of affairs. As the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day shortly after noon, Advani remained seated in the House even as other members slowly left. Advani was approached by Idris Ali of the Trinamool Congress. “My health is fine but the health of Parliament is not. I feel like resigning,” Idris quoted Advani as saying later. The government attempted to downplay Advani’s concerns with regard to repeated disruptions in Parliament and put the onus on the opposition parties for the same. Protest is a democratic way to oppose any idea which one feels is not good in terms of overall society’s health but to keep the Parliament stalling and blaming opposition the ruling party should realise the onus lies on them for not transacting any business. Central Govt. spends Rs 2.7 lakh per month on an MP which is taken from the hard-earned taxpayers’ money and do they have the right to play with tax-payers money?
