Sir — Nearly two weeks are gone and just one left for the Parliament’s Monsoon Session, which is definitely heading for a washout. A day ahead of an all-party meeting to find a way out of the impasse in Parliament, neither the Opposition nor the ruling party were in a relenting mood with both blaming each other for the political deadlock in the House.
Complicating matters, the Congress has flagged a new issue, charging former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister PK Dhumal and his son Anurag Thakur, a BJP MP, of a Rs100 crore scam in a land grab case in the name of cricket.
In a tit-for-tat strategy, it looks as if the Congress and the BJP have been trying to pull out skeletons from each other’s cupboards, deepening the acrimony. In fact, some recent developments have rather soured the relations between the ruling and opposition parties.
It is yet not clear what purpose Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was trying to achieve by provoking a needless controversy over ‘Hindu terrorism’. His attempt to score brownie points over the use of the term ‘Hindu terror’ can only further deepen the divide with the Opposition. But where was the need to revive it post-GurdaspurIJ
The Government needs the Opposition’s help to pass important Bills. When the Opposition is bent on paralysing Parliament, the last thing the Government should do is to annoy the Opposition by digging out past scams or silly statements unless it wants the logjam in Parliament to continue.