March 2, 2016
Sudip Bandyopadhyay speaks in Lok Sabha during the discussion on Rule 193
What I would say, Madam, is that we want the discussion on the President’s Address be held and we want to hear from the Hon’ble Prime Minister, because our elections will be taking place very shortly and we have to go back very soon, tomorrow or day after when the election notification will take place. But we are one of the major Opposition parties, having 34 MPs. We also have submissions to make – our ideas, our views – separately, and we want to make them.
What we think is that, according to our observations, keeping the Opposition out from the floor of the House on the issue of debate, if that Presidential Address would have been completed first and then it could have been taken up, it could have been better.
Venkaiah ji has given some precedent. Bhratruhari Mahtab was telling me that one of the issues was universities. But, that was much more important. This is an issue which was published in a particular newspaper and the Hon’ble Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha uttered some comments that, by projection of some particular newspaper, no issue should be ventilated in the Rajya Sabha.
We are not actually concerned about the whole issue. We want to study it more, its merits and demerits. But we think that it was not a proper time to take it up, when the House was running very smoothly and nicely.
Main Kirit ji ko kahenge ki aapne kaha ki Digital India nahi hua. Woh baat aapne kaha. Main baatana chahta hun, Madam, who toh Budget main hamara party bolenge. Main nahi rah shakta, yeh suited booted Government zaroor bare-footed Government ke tarah aage badna shuru kar diya.
So I think we are not going to speak on this issue in detail. We have also decided to walk out on our own, as the Trinamool Congress.
We are not actually concerned about the whole issue. We want to study it more, its merits and demerits. But we think that it was not a proper time to take it up, when the House was running very smoothly and nicely.
Main Kirit ji ko kahenge ki aapne kaha ki Digital India nahi hua. Woh baat aapne kaha. Main baatana chahta hun, Madam, who toh Budget main hamara party bolenge. Main nahi rah shakta, yeh suited booted government zaroor bare-footed government ke tarah aage badna shuru kar diya.
So I think we are not going to speak on this issue in detail. We have also decided to walk out on our own, as the Trinamool Congress.
