Government Passing Bills ‘Hurriedly’, 17 Parties tell Rajya Sabha Chairman
New Delhi: Raising concern over the government “hurriedly” passing the bills without Parliamentary scrutiny, 17 opposition parties have, in a letter to the Rajya Sabha Chairman, said that it is a departure from the established practice and healthy traditions of enacting legislations.
The members have stated that as many as 14 bills have already been passed in the first session since the Lok Sabha elections and none of them have been referred to a Standing Committee or Select Committee for legislative scrutiny. They have noted that 11 more bills have been listed for introduction, consideration and passing in coming days.
The joint letter, signed by the leaders of the Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the Trinamool Congress, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Telugu Desam Party, the CPI, the CPI-M, and others, said that 60 percent of bills were sent for scrutiny to Parliamentary Committees in the 14th Lok Sabha. In the 15th Lok Sabha, 71 percent of Bills were sent for scrutiny. This, however, fell sharply in the 16th Lok Sabha with only 26 percent of bills being sent for scrutiny, they said. (IANS)