NEW DELHI: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi took a sharp dig at Prime Minister and BJP-led central government claimg that “Narendra Modi has hijacked the Parliament” as the Parliament Winter Session began on Monday.Sharing a post on X, the Congress MP said, “Prime Minister Modi has hijacked the Parliament of India. The Prime Minister does not want to be held accountable to any of the major issues raised by the political parties.”He said that during a meeting of floor leaders, opposition parties had sought a discussion on the Indian election system, but the BJP “is simply refusing.””In the meeting of floor leaders, all political parties belonging to the opposition wanted to discuss the Indian election system. Yet the BJP is simply refusing to list the discussion in the parliament agenda for this week. Political parties want the Parliament to reflect the agenda of both the ruling and the opposition,” he wrote on X. Ahead of the session, Gogoi told ANI that while the Congress is willing to cooperate with the government only “wants to pass their bills and has no space to accommodate the issues raised by the opposition”.”The Congress party and the opposition parties are willing to cooperate with the government on all bills that this government wants to pass in this session. Our only request is that if we are cooperating on all bills brought by the government, allow us to raise certain issues, and the government should also accommodate certain issues of the opposition in the agenda of discussion. But we are seeing that the government only wants to pass their bills and has no space to accommodate the issues raised by the opposition. That is not how parliamentary democracy functions,” he said.”If the government is willing to take up an issue of the opposition, let them publish that agenda item in the business. They say one thing, but they don’t walk the talk. That is the problem,” he added.The Congress MP has also moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha seeking a debate on electoral roll vulnerabilities saying, “I seek to move an Adjournment Motion to raise an issue of grave national concern. Vulnerabilities in our electoral rolls now threaten the very foundation of free and fair elections.””At a time when faith in institutions is already strained, irregularities in voter lists raise serious questions about the commitment of authorities to uphold the democratic mandate. The credibility of our electoral system depends on modernising how voter lists are prepared,” the notice read.
