Saayoni Ghosh: The monsoon session of Parliament this time was in the news due to the uproar and less work. After the session was over, Trinamool Congress MP Sayoni Ghosh raised questions on the opposition regarding the proceedings of the House. He defended Union Home Minister Amit Shah and said that he never shies away from answering questions in the House.
Sayoni Ghosh cornered the opposition
Sayoni Ghosh said that the time of Parliament is very important. MPs come here to raise the problems of their respective areas and issues related to the public in the House. In such a situation, if the proceedings are disrupted due to continuous uproar, the entire country suffers loss.
Describing the performance of the monsoon session as disappointing, he said that the opposition disrupted the proceedings of the House on several occasions and also did not participate as expected in the process of bills.
Responded to opposition’s allegations against Amit Shah
During the monsoon session, allegations were continuously made by the opposition that Home Minister Amit Shah was not present in the House and did not answer on important issues.
In response to this, Sayoni Ghosh said that Amit Shah is not a leader who avoids questions. He said that the Home Minister has answered the opposition’s questions on many occasions in the past as well.
Ghosh claimed that the problem is not about Amit Shah’s answers, but about being ready to listen to the opposition’s answers. He targeted the opposition on this issue.
Parliament’s work remained very limited
The working figures of the monsoon session also raised concerns this time. According to PRS Legislative Research, the Lok Sabha used only about 15 percent of the scheduled time. This was one of the least productive seasons since 2004.
The performance of Rajya Sabha was better than that of Lok Sabha, but even there only about 33 percent of the scheduled time was used.
At the same time, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said that after the proceedings of both the Houses were adjourned indefinitely, the productivity of Lok Sabha was 19 percent and that of Rajya Sabha was 39 percent.
Even in the past, less work has been done in many sessions.
This is not the first case of less functioning in Parliament. According to statistics, in the winter session of 2010, the Lok Sabha worked only 5 percent of the scheduled time. Even in the winter session of 2013, the productivity of the Lok Sabha was around 8 percent.
In this sense, the current monsoon session has also been included in the list of less productive sessions of Parliament.
Saayoni Ghosh expressed her displeasure (Saayoni Ghosh)
Sayoni Ghosh said that debate and discussion in Parliament is an important process of democracy. Political differences have their place, but by continuously disrupting the House, issues related to the public get left behind. He expressed hope that in the coming sessions, all the parties will focus on running the proceedings of the House smoothly and having meaningful discussions on serious issues.