Against the backdrop of the continuous disruption of the ongoing Monsoon Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lashed out at the Congress saying a message has gone out to the people that the main Opposition party was “misusing” Parliament to halt country’s growth and praised Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for “understanding this conspiracy” and making efforts to end the stalemate in the House.
Addressing the BJP Parliamentary Party meet, Modi spoke of “some people”, an obvious reference to top Congress leaders, who are trying to stall economic growth, Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy informed the media after the meeting.The BJP has been attacking and holding Congress president Sonia Gandhi and its vice-president Rahul Gandhi responsible for creating ruckus in Parliament and not allowing key Bills to be passed in the session which is to conclude on August 13.
“The Prime Minister said a message has gone out, as the Session draws to a close, that there are some people who are misusing Parliament to stop the pace of country’s development. Their main goal is to stop the economic growth.“He expressed his gratitude to those, especially Mulayam Singh Yadavji, and all those parties who have felt that this is a conspiracy to stop the country’s progress. He hailed them and asked the party and members to do so as well,” Rudy informed the media quoting Modi.
Besides the SP, the Biju Janata Dal too has openly disapproved of the pandemonium and sought discussions on all the issues.In a sudden move, the SP president on Monday broke ranks with the Opposition which has been agitating in Parliament over the lalit Modi row and the Vyapam scam, saying, “Enough is enough... We will not back you if you keep protesting.”
Yadav’s stand caught the Congress unaware as he had last week extended his party’s support to the Congress after 25 of its members were suspended by the Speaker.In the Parliamentary Party meeting, the Prime Minister also asked members to take up the promotion of social welfare and security schemes launched by his Government as a campaign between Independence Day on August 15 and Rakshabandhan, which is later this month, as they can be of big help to the poor. Modi said the pension and insurance schemes launched by the Government and the Mudra bank can go a long way in helping the poor and asked members to promote these schemes in a big way among them.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley spoke about the GST Bill, which the Government is trying hard to pass in this Session.
