THE meeting of the Business Advisory Committees of both the Houses was
recently convened to discuss which issues are to be tabled in the House. The
Rajya Sabha committee meeting was chaired by its chairman Venkaiah Naidu, but
no minister was present to represent the Government while the Opposition
leaders were present. So the Opposition took advantage of the situation and
decided the agenda of the Rajya Sabha with mutual consent. After stepping out
from the meeting, Trinamool Congress’ Derek-O’Brien tweeted, “Seeing the
attitude of the BJP, one can understand the honour left in them for democratic
institutions.” While the Rajya Sabha committee meeting was underway, the
meeting of the Lok Sabha committee also took place. Government representatives
were absent even from that meeting. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan thought
the missing ministers were busy with the Rajya Sabha meeting. But when the hunt
for the two began, neither Ananth Kumar nor Arjun Ram Meghwal could be found in
the other meeting too. After a good half an hour, Meghwal walked into the
meeting followed soon after by Ananth Kumar. Kumar reportedly tried explaining
the delay by saying he was in a meeting with the PM. Opposition leaders just
smiled.
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