New Delhi, July 28,2023: On the seventh day of the Parliament Monsoon session on Friday, several MPs from opposition parties gave notices in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, seeking a discussion on the Manipur issue, which has been a key reason for the continuous logjam in both Houses since the session commenced.
In Lok Sabha, Congress MP Manickam Tagore moved Adjournment Motion Notice demanding a discussion on the Manipur situation.
Opposition Rajya Sabha MPs Manoj Jha of RJD, and Ranjeet Ranjan of Congress, moved Suspension of Business Notices under Rule 267 with the latter requesting the Upper House Chairman to suspend all other business, listed for the day including the Zero Hour as well as Question Hour and discuss the situation of the violence-hit state.
The Opposition members will also push for the demand that the Lok Sabha Speaker set a date for voting on the no-confidence motion against the Centre filed earlier.
Meanwhile, Opposition parties on Friday alleged that the government is “subverting” Parliamentary traditions by passing Bills even as the motion of no-confidence has been accepted in Lok Sabha.
Congress MP Manish Tewari cited former Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Satyendra Narayan Sinha as saying that “whenever there is a no-confidence motion, no substantive motion should be brought just to forestall the whole thing”.
“On 26th July, 1966, Mr Satyendra Narayan Sinha, the then Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, made a significant statement in the Lok Sabha regarding No-Confidence Motion: ‘I do concede that whenever there is a no-confidence motion, no substantive motion should he brought just to forestall the whole thing,'” Tewari said in a tweet.
Opposition MPs move notices seeking discussion on Manipur issue
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