March 21, 2025
MP Derek O’Brien, AITC Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha, intervenes to suggest that Question Hour must be allowed to run and Private Members’ Bills must also be allowed, and not bulldozed in favour of other business
Sir, there are two issues here. There are two important issues here. One is, this is what my Party feels, the Question Hour should remain as the Question Hour. This is number one. It is the only opportunity when a Member gets a direct chance to question the Government and the Government gets an opportunity to reply. Number two is Private Members’ Bills. Private Members’ Bills are very close to the hearts of many Members who do not get a chance. They are not in the first two rows. When the Private Members’ Bills are taken up, that is the opportunity. What Lok Sabha has done, the Lok Sabha has done. But dispelling both the Question Hour and the Private Members’ Bills to discuss the Working of the Ministry of Home Affairs is not the point of view of Trinamool Congress. Thank you.
