Opposition parties including Congress, TMC and Shiv Sena, on Thursday accused the Government of running away from a discussion on price rise and inflation demanded jointly by combined Opposition several times in the midst of the Budget Session. The Opposition parties questioned the premature conclusion of the Parliament Budget Session.
Noting that the government had allocated time for a discussion on price rise during the meeting of the business advisory committee (BAC) of the Lok Sabha and for crucial bills in the BAC meeting of the Rajya Sabha, the leader of Congress in the lower house Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that the government has resorted to "breach of commitment" by not allowing so.
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge charged that the government is running away from a discussion on price rise and said they will continue to raise the issue and take to the streets.
"Parliament has been closed two days before even though they gave the agenda for up to Friday. We feel that the government is not keen to resolve the problems of the poor, unemployed and farmers. The government is not ready for a discussion and ended Parliament two days ahead of schedule," Kharge told reporters at a press conference after the Parliament was adjourned sine die. .
Congress chief whip in the Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh said the BAC in the Upper House allotted time for many bills and the opposition was ready for them. But, we came to know on Wednesday that the House would be adjourned sine die, he said.
"Two days were wasted as the government adjourned the House. It is a failure of the government and not ours," the Congress leader said. Ramesh also said the Leader of the House Piyush Goyal was "missing".
"We have seen Arun Jaitley and Thawar Chand Gehlot, who were both leaders of the House, and always used to be present. It is the responsibility of the Leader of the House to be present. It is for the first time I have seen that the Leader of the House is missing. The prime minister may have come four-five times ever since the House sat for this session," he said.