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Ordinance on demonetisation was uncalled for: Trinamool in Lok Sabha

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Speaking on the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill, 2017 in Lok Sabha, Trinamool MP called the Ordinance (which this Bill will replace) as “unnecessary and uncalled for”.

Quoting the RBI Act, Section 26(1) and (2), Saugata Roy questioned the Centre under what provision of law can the government restrict people from accessing their bank accounts. He said it was in violation of Article 300(A) of the Constitution.

He said that the Prime Minister’s reply during the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address did not have any adequate answer on what was the rationale behind demonetisation. He accused the government of changing goal posts from black money to ‘Digital India’.

“In a country where there are 5.1 lakh villages, you have got only 1.36 lakh bank branches. We have got 2.18 lakh ATMs. 40 percent of whom do not work and 40 percent of whom do not have cash. You are subjecting the poor people to this. I mentioned yesterday by taking away cash from the economy you have breaking the backbone of the society,” Saugata Roy said.

He added: “Counterfeit notes are only 0.03% of total circulation. To get Rs 400 crore out of system, they cancelled Rs 15.44 lakh crore. Total amount of black money in cash is only 6%. People convert it into gold, real estate or keep it abroad. The government has failed to bring back black money from abroad.”

He asked the government if lengthy speeches in Parliament will bring back the lives of the 150 people who died due to demonetisation. He said that people of India will reply to this heartless and reckless step.

 

 

Tapas Mandal speaks on The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2017

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Sir, Iss Bill ke virodh mein nahin hain hum, lekin kuch kuch iss Bill mein hain jiske bare mein hum question kar sakte hain. Kyunki jo Bill hain, jo pehle Ordinance tha, and that was the 26th ordinance made by the Government since inception – inn logon ka aur iss Government ka loktantra par kitna vishwas hain isi se hi pata chalta hain.

Minimum wages ke bare mein kuch iss Bill pa nahin hain. Saare desh main unorganised sector mein bahut log kaam kar rahe hain, jin logon ko bahut kam tankhwa milte hain. Yeh minimm wages ko badana chahiye – iska pravdhan iss Bill pe nahin hain. Iss Bill pe yeh nahin kaha gaya ki hamara Paschim Bangal mein bahut saare tea workers hain, jute workers hain, jin logon ko tankhwa nahin mil rahe hain.

Mamata Bandyopadhyay ne bahut bar keh chuke hain, hamare mananiye sansadon ne baar baar yeh mudda uthaya hain iss Sansad mein. Lekin Government ka dhyan iss par nahin hain.

Iss mauke pe main phir appeal karta hoon, hamare tea workers ke liye, jute workers ke liye aap rupiya bheje jis se un log zindagi achhe se jee sakey. Yeh jo kanoon tha 1936 ka – 80 saal purana ek kanoon – jis mein rupiya milne ka ek hi tarika tha, jab paid through coins or cash. Abhi iss mein kya mila? In addition to the existing payment modes, unka account mein rupiya jayega aur cheque mein jayega. Toh kiya iss mein jo exploitation ho raha hain, kam ho jayeja? Yeh mera sawal hain. If you want to continue and maintain transparency in transaction modes, at least make it digital, and not retain payment through cash or coins. Yeh nahin hona chahiye. Yeh hamara kehna hain.

Hamare iss Bill pe jo kuch hain hum sweekar karte hain, lekin jo nahin hain iske bare mein thoda sa vichar kare, kyun ki jo companiyan hain, industry hain, woh log exploit karte rehte hain. Uske bare mein kya action lena hoga, kya mudda uthana hain iske bare mein koi provision nahin hain. Iske bare mein the Government should think about, and they should take some stringent actions against those who are violating the laws. Iss ke liye hum kehte hain ki to take actions to set up an institute that will monitor the transparency in mode of payment, and if there is any discrepancy they can sort it out, and take actions according to the law. Yeh hamare kehna hain.

Yeh jo Bill hain hum swagat karte hain lekin hamare desh mein itne saare workers hain, itse saare sramik hain organised aur unorganised sector mein, un logon par dhyan digiye. Hamare tankha bahut hain, hamare salary bahut hain lekin jo aam aadmi hain, jo garib hain, jinke liye Mananiye Pradhan Mantri ne sawal uthate hain, unka koi nahin hain. Un par dhyan digiye,, unka tankha badhaiye, aur unko jo minimum wages de rahe hain usko bhi badhaiye – aap ka bhala hoga, hamare liye achha rahega, desh ka bhala hoga. Isi shabdo ke saath mein aap ko dhanyavad deta hoon. Dhanyavad.

 

Sukhendu Sekhar Roy questions the government on demonetisation in Rajya Sabha

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Sir, as per the provisions of Section 26 of Section 2 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the Government, on the recommendation of the central bank, may declare that any currency of any denomination of any series would not be legal tender.

In the light of this provision, my question is, whether the horse was before the cart, that is to say, whether the RBI sent the recommendation on its own, or the RBI was directed by the Government to send the recommendation?

 

Kalyan Banerjee speaks on the issue of threat to Trinamool leaders by BJP functionaries

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Madam, yesterday in a public meeting the BJP leaders, including the observer of BJP in West Bengal, had said all leaders of Trinamool Congress will be arrested by CBI and will land up in Bhubaneshwar jail. He also said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be arrested. How can BJP and Narendra Modi misuse the CBI for political vendetta? We are protesting strongly. We protest against the misuse of CBI for political vendetta. Jo humse takrayega, chur chur ho jayega.

 

 

 

 

 

Ratna De Nag speaks in LS during Question Hour on improvement of cold storages

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Madam, wastage of fruits and vegetables are reported. There is a need to ensure more investment in improving the cold storage chains and preservation of infrastructure across the country to stop loss of food and vegetables.

Madam would the Minister state the benefits acquired in the last two years or since the implementation of the central sector scheme for cold chain and value addition infrastructure which was aimed at stopping loss of fruits and vegetables.

Thank you, Madam.

Trinamool’s Derek O’Brien speaks during Zero Hour on threats to Trinamool MPs by BJP functionaries

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My colleagues, the Trinamool MPs and functionaries are being threatened by BJP functionaries in Bengal. There are reports in the media, Sir. Our MPs, they are saying, would be arrested in Bengal.

Sir, we don’t want to disrupt the House. But, Sir, you see what is happening. In a democracy this is not done. I will leave the clippings with you, Sir. There are open threats being issued by BJP functionaries in Bengal. You read this, Sir. I’ll leave it on the table.

Sir, we are walking out on this issue, Sir because in a democracy, these State agencies are controlled by the Government. They cannot be controlled by a ruling party. There is a difference between a Government and a party, Sir. We register our protest. Trinamool Congress is walking out, Sir.

Parliament: Trinamool raises the issue of threats by BJP functionaries in Bengal

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Trinamool Congress today raised the issue of threats to Trinamool leaders by BJP functionaries in Bengal.

In Lok Sabha, Chief Whip of the party, Kalyan Banerjee raised the issue during Zero Hour. He said: “How can BJP and Narendra Modi misuse the CBI for political vendetta? We are protesting strongly.”

Leader of AITC Parliamentary Party in Rajya Sabha, Derek O’Brien informed the House that  Trinamool leaders are being threatened by BJP leaders in Bengal.

“In a democracy this is not done. There are open threats by BJP functionaries in Bengal. In a democracy, agencies are controlled by the government not by a party”, he said.

He lodged his protest in strongest terms and the party MPs staged a walkout from Rajya Sabha.

 

বিজেপি নেতাদের দেওয়া হুমকি নিয়ে সংসদে প্রতিবাদ তৃণমূলের

গতকাল কলকাতার এক জনসভায় যেভাবে বিজেপির কিছু নেতা তৃণমূলকে হুমকি দিয়েছে তার প্রতিবাদে আজ দলের সাংসদরা সরব হন সংসদে।

লোকসভায় তৃণমূলের মুখ্যসচেতক কল্যাণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় জিরো আওয়ারে বলেন, “বিজেপি এবং নরেন্দ্র মোদী সিবিআইকে তাদের রাজনৈতিক প্রতিহিংসার জন্য অপব্যাবহার করছে। আমরা এর তীব্র প্রতিবাদ করছি।”

রাজ্যসভায় তৃণমূলের পরিষদীয় দলনেতা ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন বলেন, “বাংলায় বিজেপি নেতারা তৃণমূল নেতাদের হুমকি দিচ্ছে। গণতন্ত্রে এহেন আচরণ কাম্য নয়। যেকোনো গণতন্ত্রে কেন্দ্রীয় সংস্থাকে নিয়ন্ত্রণ করে সরকার, কোনও দল নয়।”

তিনি এর তীব্র প্রতিবাদ করেন এবং তৃণমূলের সাংসদরা রাজ্যসভা থেকে ওয়াকআউট করেন।

 

Trinamool MPs stage dharna on the need for electoral reforms and state funding of elections

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Trinamool Congress MPs from both the Houses of the Parliament staged a dharna today in front of Gandhi ji’s statue in the Parliament complex on the need for electoral reform and State funding of elections.

Electoral reforms has been part of Trinamool’s DNA, its very existence, since the party was established on 1st January, 1998. In the last 18 years, the first section of every manifesto, which the Trinamool has introduced for every election, has been dedicated to electoral reforms.

Trinamool Chairperson Mamata Banerjee had earlier criticised the Centre’s move to introduce electoral bonds; she had said that a decision on political funding should have be taken after obtaining opinions of all political parties.

“There should have been discussion with all political parties on the issue of political funding, electoral bonds. They should have taken opinion of all political outfits. We have long been demanding electoral reforms and state funding of elections,” she had commented.

 

নির্বাচনী সংস্কারের দাবীতে সংসদ চত্বরে ধর্ণা তৃণমূল সাংসদদের

নির্বাচনী সংস্কার ও ‘স্টেট ফান্ডেড’ নির্বাচনের দাবীতে আজ তৃণমূল সাংসদরা সংসদ চত্বরে গান্ধী মূর্তির সামনে ধর্ণা দেন।

১লা জানুয়ারি ১৯৯৮ সালে দল গঠন হওয়ার সময় থেকেই নির্বাচনী সংস্কারের কথা বলে আসছে তৃণমূল। বিগত ১৮ বছর ধরে তৃণমূলের সকল নির্বাচনী ইস্তেহারের প্রথম ভাগ নির্বাচনী সংস্কারের জন্যই নির্ধারিত থাকে।

গত সপ্তাহে তৃণমূলনেত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় কেন্দ্রীয় সরকারের ‘ইলেক্টোরাল বন্ডের’ সমালোচনা করে বলেন, “স্টেট ফান্ডেড ইলেকশন’ ও নির্বাচনী বন্ডের বিষয়ে কেন্দ্রের সব দলের সঙ্গে আলোচনা করা উচিত। আমরা দীর্ঘদিন ধরে নির্বাচনী সংস্কার ও সরকারি তহবিলে নির্বাচন লড়ার দাবী জানিয়ে এসেছি।”

 

Saugata Roy speaks on Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address

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I rise to speak on Motion of thanks, opposing it and supporting the Amendments given by us. Sir, look at the ruling party benches. There are not even ten members there which means they have gone out with the Prime Minister; they have no respect for the President. They have only respect for the Prime Minister.When he left they all left like a flock of sheep.

Sir, Now coming to the President’s speech I am reminded of the film of Om Puri who passed away recently; the film was called ‘Ardh Satya’. The President’s speech was ‘Ardh Satya’ in that it does not mention most of the important issue facing the nation.

Sir, you know what are the problems before the nation. There is a crisis internationally with a change of regime in the United States. There is a possibility that Indian technical professionals who have gone there will be barred. The protectionist policy of America may create problems for trade and industry in our country in future. The China-Pakistan axis is active against us; China is building a port in Pakistan. China is continuing to block our entry into the Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG). Also China has refused to declare Masood Azhar as a terrorist thus preventing naming him at the United Nations. The President’s speech does not mention any of these problems. The President’s speech mentions the surgical strike. But Pakistan’s policy is not to have a surgical strike. They have said they will make India bleed from a thousand cuts. There is no mention in the President’s speech that how we will fight the shadow or proxy war in Kashmir.

Sir, above all the President’s speech is a cruel speech. The President of the country should take note of the people who died meaninglessly; 150 people died as a result of demonetisation. We all know who is responsible for that. President’s speech does not even mention a word about the sad death of these 150 people.

In the last three months since November people are dying in railway accidents. In Kanpur (UP) on 20 November 146 people died in a railway accident. President talks about Railways in Para 48. He does not make a mention of those people’s death. On 22 January, 39 people were killed and 50 injured in an accident of the Hirakhand Express. Not a word mentioned in the President’s speech about this.

President’s speech has spoken about the Government’s success in controlling Maoist activities. Though it has admitted that state of Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra MP witness rise in number of incidents and deaths in 2016 compare to 2015 is 72. In Koraput just last week the Maoist incident happened. All policemen have been killed. The Maoists are active even in Odisha especially in the district of Koraput. The President has not taken this into cognizance. How can I support this?

I want to speak on the main issue of demonetisation which was declared by the Prime Minister on the 8 November, 2016. It is the most senseless, cruel, heartless step taken by any Government since 70 years of independence. It has disrupted our economy.

It was said that demonetisation is to prevent black money. It is common knowledge that in our country only 6 percent of the black money is kept in currency notes. The rest is kept in gold, jewelry, foreign assets, land and real estate here. Why did you have to kill the whole economy to control black money?

What success did the Government have in bringing back black money stacked abroad? Now they say that counterfeit notes were the problem. The Indian Statistical Institute has estimated that only 0.028 per cent of the total currency in circulation is counterfeit notes, which means Rs 400 crore. For that Rs 400 crore do you cancel all the notes? And in the process what have you done? You have destroyed the lives of poor people.

Ninety per cent of our people use currency notes, 45% of our economy is informal. Sir, you know the Prime Minister talks about digital economy. The total number of credit and debit cards in this country of 125 crore people is 9 crore. There are only 1.36 lakh bank branches in this country, only 2.18 lakh ATMs. Now, in a country which has 5.5 lakh villages, with this few debit and credit cards, with this few ATMs, how can you say that the economy will go digital? It has killed lives.

Do you know, Sir, Bengali workers, who work in Delhi, Bombay and Surat in the jewellery trade have all lost their jobs and come back to Bengal, which is why there is an increase in demand for NREGA? And in Bengal alone, 81 lakh people have been hit be demonetisation, the worst step possible.

Sir, in our Finance Committee, we questioned the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor. I asked him only two questions. How much black money has been deposited in the banks in Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes? He could not reply, and he will not reply, because more than Rs 15.44 lakh crore have been deposited. Number two, I asked him, when do you think we will be able to raise our money, because now, with the restriction, you cannot raise more than Rs 24,000 per week? When will this restriction be removed? He could not tell us.

There is a restriction of Rs 2.5 lakh on marriages. Several ministers’ children got married. Jaitley ji’s daughter got married; there were functions for several days. Gadkari ji’s son got married. Today is Prakash Javadekar’s son’s marriage. Let them come and declare that they’ll manage the marriages within Rs 2.5 lakh. They have not cared for the common people of this country.

Sir, they are only talking about digital. Yes, the BJP in our State, Bengal deposited Rs 3 crore on the evening of November 8. How did they know? It has happened all over Bengal. In Bihar, the BJP party has purchased property in all the districts – how did it come about?

Sir, this is a surgical strike on the Indian people. The GDP will fall due to this monumental mismanagement. People have spent their time standing in queues, and now Rs 20,000 crore will be spent to print new notes. On January 18, the RBI governor told us that only Rs 9 lakh crore have come back into circulation. That means the cash crunch continues.

Sir, our party, the Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee, has been protesting against this anti-people and anti-national step taken by the Prime Minister from day one. Now that is why the Central Government is using and abusing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to punish our people.

You’ll be sad to know, Sir, that the leader of our party, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, a Member of this House, and Tapas Pal, were arrested. The law will take its own course. But we say that this is arrest on trumped-up charges; this is arrest as a part of political vendetta. And if the ruling party at the Centre thinks that in this way it will be able to cower the Trinamool Congress and cower Mamata Banerjee, it is living in a fool’s paradise. We shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight them on the fields of India, we shall never surrender till the people of India throw this Government out lock, stock and barrel; our fight will continue.

Sir, I have some small points to say. This government  is misusing the CBI while the real fight should be elsewhere. The President has spoken about the banks; they are in the worst condition. The total NPAs of the banks are Rs 8 lakh crore and the government found out a way to refund the banks by asking people to deposit their money in the banks. Their health is notorious and most of the debts are from big corporates.

We have demanded time and again to reveal the names of those who are big debtors to the banks. We have seen how Vijay Mallya was able to escape from India, we have seen how Lalit  Modi was allowed to escape from India. And these people talk of corruption and fight against black money.

Sir, two diaries were discovered – the Sahara diaries. They mention the name of a certain big dignitary sitting there; the Supreme Court has said that it is not enough evidence But there is no sufficient evidence as nobody was allowed to investigate. Why were they not investigated to find out who the Gujarat CM was or who NM was? Who took the money from Sahara or the Aditya Birla group? That was not revealed yet.

Sir, this government has talked about electrification, they say that by May 1, 2018, all villages will be electrified, only 64% have been electrified, only 32% still remain. Do you know, Sir, that in PMGSY 68% of the targeted road length has been constructed, 44% of targeted habitations have been connected. They have failed in PMGSY and rural electrification. The worst case is that these people talk of women safety, in the Nirbhaya fund out of Rs 2000 crore, only Rs 400 crore were under implementation.

Sir, the President speaks about our cultural diversity at every speech. In the whole speech the word ‘intolerance’ in not mentioned. Intolerance is the biggest problem plaguing us. In Karnataka rationalists have been shot dead by Hindu extremists. The president has not spoken about that. Sir, you know that Dalits were attacked in Una in Gujarat. There is not a word about attack on Dalits in Gujarat.

Lastly, Sir, I want to say that in Jammu and Kashmir for 6 months after the killing of Burhan Wani, the whole state came to a standstill, I was with the All-Party Delegation which went there. Not a single person willing to talk to us. Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of the country, where the ruling party at the Centre is a partner in the government. More than 100 people were killed. Is this the way the ruling party is dealing with it? The President has not mentioned Jammu and Kashmir and the problems there at all.

Sir, that’s why I say, that President’s speech leaves out half the important matters confronting the country. The country is today, facing jobless growth. Lack of jobs is the biggest problem. The President does not mention the word ‘unemployment’ in his speech. Today Sir, we are facing the maximum crisis in private sector investment. Nobody is investing in this country. The President does not speak about this.

Sir, that’s why through this speech I again lodge my protest against the reckless demonetisation undertaken by this government and I’m sure that the people in these five states will reply to this government’s reckless step. I lodge my protest against the arrest of our Lok Sabha leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay and MP Tapas Pal and I’m sure that the people of this country will see through this political vendetta and take steps against this autocratic government at the Centre.
Thank You.

 

 

Vivek Gupta’s Zero Hour mention on the issue of missing student Najeeb

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Deputy chairman saab, aapka bahut bahut dhanyavad kuynki aapne ye mauka diya hai yaha khade hoke bolne ka.

Sir, ek chhatra hai, Najeeb, jo kayi mahino se lapata hai. Mera Zero Hour uske bare me hai. Najeeb ka matlab hai woh jo sarahaniya hai. Lekin Najeeb ke mudde pe JNU mein jo ho raha hai woh sarahaniya nahin hai. Warden ke report ke mutabik ye ghatna ghati 14 October 2016 ko, jis mein Najeeb aur kuch chatron shamil the. Woh chatro kissi rajnaitik dal se sambandh rakhte the, main uska naam nahi lena chahta hoon, aur waha ek jhamela hua.

Sir, wahan students, security guards, warden-in-charge, sab ne isko dekha aur iska report di gayi. Magar ashcharya ki baat ye hai ki Vice-Chancellor se le kar jo bhi adhikarik is university ke hai, kissi ne bhi is par koi action nahi liya. FIR bhi darj karne ke liye ladke ka Maa ko jana pada.

Sir, iske pehle ki sarkar bole ki ye university ka antargat mamla hai aur hum is mein hastakshep nahi karte, mai batana chahta hoon ki law and order sarkar ka mamla hai. Dilli ka law and order Kendra ka mamla hai.

Kya hum Najeeb ko sirf ek gumshuda statistics banne denge? Main kendriya sarkar se janna chahunga, aapke madhyam se, ki Najeeb ko khojne ke liye kya koi special prayas ki gayi hai? Ya ki woh sirf ek absent student jaise reh jaye ga? Jabki yeh clear cut political vendetta ka case hai aur hum dekh rahe hain ki kis tarha desh mein political vendetta cancer ki tarha fail rahi hai.

Agar sarkar mein koi hai toh unki toh prayas ye hona chahiye ki Najeeb ko kaise jald se jald khoja jaye, unke logon ke saath baat kiya jaye aur uski Maa ke sath baat kiya jaye. Ascharya ki baat ye hai ki Vice Chancellor ne uski Maa ke sath milne se mana kar diya hai. Sir, agar un mein samvedna nahi hain, woh to kendriya sarkar jaga sakti hai.

Sir, mera aapke madhyam se yeh hi request hai ki sarkar is pe koi uchit enquiry karaye, pata toh lagaye ki Najeeb ke gumshuda hone ke peeche ye kya karan hai. Mazein ki baat ye hai ki jo Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is mein involved hai unse puchtach bhi nahi ki gayi. Agar unka koi special status hai toh ye bhi hum log ko batana chahiye.

Sir, ye political vendetta bada issue hote jaa raha hai. Main aapke madhyam se kendriya sarkar ke dhyan mein lata hoon ki ispe dhyaan dena chahiye, ispe uchit karvahi kiya jaye aur uchit statement diya jaye humein ki political vendetta par sarkar ka kya roop hai.

Dhyanyavad.