Sloganeering, Stalemate And 19% Productivity: How Parliament’s Monsoon Session Played Out

The
Mo soo
Sessio
of
Pa liame t
e ded
o
Thu sday
much
as
it
had
begu -amid
sloga ee i g,
epeated
adjou me ts
a d
a
political
deadlock
betwee
the
gove me t
a d
the
Oppositio .
The
Oppositio
spe t
much
of
the
sessio
dema di g
that
U io
Home
Mi iste
Amit
Shah
a swe
questio s
ove
the
police
actio
agai st
stude ts
du i g
the
July
20
p otest
at
Ja ta
Ma ta .
The
gove me t,
mea while,
i sisted
it
was
eady
fo
a
discussio ,
but
accused
the
Oppositio
of
efusi g
to
e gage
u less
the
House
was
allowed
to
desce d
i to
sloga s
a d
dis uptio s.

By
the
time
both
Houses
we e
adjou ed
si e
die,
the
co f o tatio
had
take
a
clea
toll
o
pa liame ta y
busi ess.

Busi ess
Moved,
Debate
Did ‘t

Rijiju,
while
summi g
up
the
sessio ,
offe ed
a
disti ctio
betwee
the
legislative
output
a d
the
quality
of
pa liame ta y
debate.
“I
te ms
of
busi ess,
it
was
a
ve y
successful
sessio ,& dquo;
he
said,
poi ti g
out
that
Pa liame t
passed
12
Bills.
But,
he
ack owledged,
“f om
the
pe spective
of
debate
a d
discussio ,
it
was
ot
as
successful.& dquo;

The
umbe s
u de li e
that
assessme t.
The
Lok
Sabha
eco ded
19
pe
ce t
p oductivity,
while
the
Rajya
Sabha
eco ded
39
pe
ce t,
acco di g
to
Rijiju.

Despite
epeated
dis uptio s
a d
walkouts
by
Oppositio
pa ties,
Rijiju
said
MPs
f om
the
NDA
a d
some
Oppositio
pa ties
pa ticipated
i
debates
a d
discussio s.
He
poi ted
specifically
to
the
Public
Exami atio s
(P eve tio
of
U fai
Mea s)
Act,
deali g
with
pape
leaks
a d
u fai
mea s
i
exami atio s,
as
the
o ly
Bill
to
have
u de go e
a
full
discussio
i
the
Lok
Sabha.
The
legislatio
was
discussed
i
both
Houses
befo e
bei g
passed.

The
figu es
the efo e
p ese t
a
mixed
pictu e.
The
gove me t
ca
poi t
to
12
Bills
bei g
passed
as
evide ce
that
legislative
busi ess
co ti ued
despite
the
dis uptio s.
But
the
low
p oductivity
figu es,
pa ticula ly
i
the
Lok
Sabha,
u de li e
how
little
time
Pa liame t
had
fo
sustai ed
debate
a d
sc uti y.

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A
Sessio
Lost
To
Dis uptio

The
Ja ta
Ma ta
p otest
emai ed
o e
of
the
ce t al
flashpoi ts
of
the
sessio .
Oppositio
MPs
epeatedly
sought
Shah& squo;s
espo se
to
the
police
actio
agai st
the
stude ts
a d
questio ed
his
abse ce
f om
the
House
du i g
the
sta doff.
The
gove me t
mai tai ed
that
it
was
willi g
to
discuss
the
matte ,
but
wa ted
the
Oppositio
to
stop
shouti g
sloga s
a d
allow
p oceedi gs
to
co ti ue.

Pa liame ta y
Affai s
Mi iste
Ki e
Rijiju
o
Wed esday
said
he
was
“totally
f ust ated& dquo;,
accusi g
the
Oppositio
of
“ u i g
away& dquo;
f om
a
discussio
despite
the
gove me t& squo;s
epeated
offe .
The
Oppositio ,
howeve ,
mai tai ed
that
the
Home
Mi iste
eeded
to
a swe
its
questio s
o
the
police
actio .

The
esult
was
a
familia
cycle:
p otests,
sloga ee i g,
adjou me ts
a d
little
sustai ed
debate.

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