Rama Krishna Sangem
The Adani indictment by the US authorities will rock the Parliament winter session that begins November 25, Monday. As BJP won Maharashtra and the INDIA block won Jharkhand, the session will be a stormy one. The 100 MPs of Congress in Lok Sabha will not allow the ruling BJP to have a smooth sailing in the House. Manipur and other contentious issues like Wakf bill too will dominate the month ,long sessiom.
Amid demands from the opposition to discuss bribery charges against the Adani group, the government on Sunday said the business advisory committees of both Houses will decide on matters to be discussed in the Winter session and appealed to parties to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament.
Ruling party leaders met floor leaders of political parties ahead of the start of the Winter session on Monday. After the meeting, Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju told reporters that the government appealed to all parties to ensure smooth running of Parliament.
Responding to a question on opposition’s demand for taking up the Adani issue, he said the respective Business Advisory Committees of the Houses will decide on matters to be discussed in Parliament with consent from Lok Sabha speaker and Rajya Sabha chairperson.
Manipur, another issue
At the meeting, Congress members raised the issue of bribery charges against the Adani group as well as the situation in Manipur. Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi said the party wants discussion on Adani as well as ethnic strife in Manipur. He said while the chief minister of Jharkhand was arrested, the government still has confidence in the chief minister of Manipur despite bouts of ethnic violence.
At the meeting, Congress members raised the issue of bribery charges against the Adani group as well as the situation in Manipur.
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi said the party wants discussion on Adani as well as ethnic strife in Manipur. He said while the chief minister of Jharkhand was arrested, the government still has confidence in the chief minister of Manipur despite bouts of ethnic violence.
It is a grave issue involving the country’s economic and security interests as over Rs 2,300 crore were allegedly paid by the company to politicians and bureaucrats to get favourable deal for its solar energy projects, the Rajya Sabha MP said.
Billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by US prosecutors for allegedly being part of a scheme to pay USD 265 million (about Rs 2,200 crore) bribe to Indian officials in exchange of favourable terms for solar power contracts. The group has denied the charges.
The Congress, he said, also wanted a discussion on issues like severe air pollution in north India, the Manipur situation, which has gone “out of control”, and train accidents.
