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Another parliament day, Rs.4 crore lost
Wednesday November 23, 2011 07:41:54 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Pandemonium
over varied issues by ruling party and opposition members in both
houses of Parliament Wednesday resulted in the loss of a second
day of the winter session and another Rs.2 crore going down the
drain.
In the first two days of this session, parliament has already lost
about 17 hours work and over Rs.4 crore cumulatively, considering
that rough estimates says each hour of parliament's work costs the
national exchequer Rs.25 lakh.
While the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) boycott of
Home Minister P. Chidambaram in the Lok Sabha led to adjournments
and loss of four work hours on Tuesday, an aggressive and united
opposition again forced both houses of parliament to adjourn
without transacting much business for the second day Wednesday.
Lok Sabha members from the Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh,
including from the ruling Congress, flashed placards demanding a
separate state and Shiv Sena members sought a hike in cotton rates
for farmers in Maharashtra .
The Left parties have been asking Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to
consider their adjournment motion on price rise even as the
government had agreed to have a discussion on inflation under rule
193 that doesn't entail voting.
The Rajya Sabha was also adjourned for the day after the
suspension of question hour in the morning due to noisy protests.
Prime Miniser Manmohan Singh, ahead of the parliament's sitting
Tuesday, expressed the hope that all political parties "realise
that we have important legislation to discuss in the winter
session" and that it runs smoothly.
The government has indicated it would like to complete the
legislative business relating to bills on the Lokpal, whistle
blowers protection, judicial accountability, pension fund, direct
taxes, and goods and services tax bills in the winter session that
concludes Dec 21.
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