In Rajya Sabha, Opp asks why BJP worried of JPC that will have NDA majority
Other issues raised ranged from the government’s Covid-19 management, dignity of women and the elderly, and representation of women in Parliament.
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“...What is the harm if a JPC is constituted? At least, you can show to the world that everything is transparent here. And in case the Opposition is saying something wrong, we will also get embarrassed if the JPC clears everything that a particular industrialist has done,” RJD's A D Singh said.
Discussions on the President’s Address in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday afternoon centred mainly on Opposition leaders demanding formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to look into the Adani issue. The issue of the government ‘banning’ a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also raised.
Other issues raised ranged from the government’s Covid-19 management, dignity of women and the elderly, and representation of women in Parliament.
“A week before the address, the now-famous Hindenburg Report appeared, which has wiped out billions of dollars of national wealth. What is the harm if a JPC is constituted? At least, you can show to the world that everything is transparent here, and in case the Opposition is saying something wrong, we will also get embarrassed if the JPC clears everything that a particular industrialist has done,” RJD’s A D Singh said.
CPI member from Kerala, Sandosh Kumar said, “The gravity of the situation is such that they are fearful of even a JPC where the ruling coalition would have a majority. This is the most important aspect,” he said.
Abir Ranjan Das (TMC) said that in addition to a JPC, a Supreme Court-monitored committee should also be set up to conduct a time-bound inquiry.
K C Venugopal (Congress) said several JPC inquiries were done under the UPA and asked, “Why are you (government) running away from JPC?… It is very clear that this government is totally responsible for Adani’s income to go higher. Without a JPC, the truth will not come out.”
Raising the issue of the BBC documentary, Venugopal said that when Modi was the Gujarat CM, in 2013 he had called BBC the “most credible media in the world” and said that “don’t believe Indian media; only believe in BBC”.
He also questioned whether, like the “defamatory” documentary, the government was stopping other defamatory statements. “BBC documentary is defamatory. That is what the Government sources are telling. Are you stopping entire defamatory statements? Day and night, when we see some privileged channels…there is ‘Hindu-Muslim’, ‘Hindu-Muslim’. Every day, they are creating venom. Are you stopping it,” Venugopal asked.
BJP member from UP, Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, spoke on the management of Covid-19 by the government and said in resulted in fewer per capita deaths, while another BJP member from UP, Brij Lal, spoke on increasing defence manufacturing in India.
Jaya Bachchan said there are no details on how the government plans to ensure dignity for women and a growing elderly population. She also said there is a disregard for the artistic community, even though they made the country proud internationally.
Bachchan suggested that in addition to photographs of politicians, photographs of artists such as Satyajit Ray, Lata Mangeshkar, and Bhimsen Joshi should also be used in the new Parliament building.
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