Adani Row: Opposition blames government for Parliament impasse

Several opposition parties on Monday alleged that the government does not want Parliament to function and is finding ways to divert attention from their demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe JPC into the Adani issueLeaders of these parties including the Congress DMK RJD CPIM CPI NCP JDU AAP and Shiv Sena met in the chamber of Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament House complex this morning and coordinated their strategy on their demand for the JPCAddressing the media after the first adjournment of both houses the opposition leaders blamed the government for the impasse We have pledged that till the time JPC is not constituted we will not budge and continue with our struggle This is not for leaders but for the people Congress deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Pramod Tiwari saidHe said that nothing happens in the BJP without the directions of the prime ministerDespite several attempts our demand for a JPC is not being accepted Tiwari told reporters outside Parliament House Why is the government shying away from JPCThe BJP is running away from JPC and is finding ways to divert attention and is not allowing Parliament to function he allegedYou may carry on with police Raj this seems just a trailer of dictatorship and the real dictatorship is yet to come he chargedAICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted Even before Opposition members could sit down BJP MPs started sloganeering and Rajya Sabha got adjourned almost instantly around 2 pm itself till tomorrow 11 amIt is clear that the Modi Government does not want Parliament to function he allegedThe Modi Governments adamant refusal to allow the Opposition to raise its perfectly legitimate demand for a JPC into the PMlinked Adani Maha Mega Scam has resulted in the adjournment of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha this morning till 2 pm he earlier said in another tweetTiwari also slammed the manner in which police illegally gathered at the residence of Rahul Gandhi on Sunday Several opposition leaders have been harassed through misuse of ED and other agencies he allegedWe are only demanding a JPC probe into the biggest scam into the Adani issue and how rules were flouted to hand over all the assets of the country to him This is not the first time that a JPC will be constituted as this a very big scam probably in independent India he notedElamaram Kareem of the CPIM said the prime minister and home minister are afraid of holding a discussion in Parliament and are not agreeing to their demandThey the BJP are responsible for the adjournments We will continue our demand for a JPC probe into the Adani issue We will not back down from our demand The government is trying to divert attention and we will not allow the government to hide he saidAlso read JPC probe into Adani issue will bring off BJPs mask Congress Pramod TiwariPriyanka Chaturvedi of the Shiv Sena UBT said for the first time ruling party MPs were trying to create hurdles in Parliament while the opposition wanted a discussion and a JPC on the Adani issueRam Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party said if a JPC probe is undertaken the real culprits will be revealed and the BJP will stand exposed It is happening for the first time that there is no statement from the government on such a serious issue Peoples money in banks is on the verge of being squandered Still the government is silent he claimedBRS leader K Keshava Rao said they are not satisfied with the Supreme Court inquiry Adani Group has taken over many companies We want a JPC probe It is a political scam This is not a simple scandal or a scam it is more than that It is going to affect the economy and peoples money he claimedWe are not asking for any favour and if there is any doubt let us go for an inquiry by some credible agency and JPC is one he said A Raja of the DMK demanded that the PM should come to Parliament and give answers to the nationThere has been logjam in Parliament since the Budget session resumed with the ruling BJP demanding an apology from Rahul Gandhi over his democracy in danger remark in the UK and the Opposition parties pressing for the JPC probeOn the Adani issue the government has said that the matteris being looked into by the Supreme Court which has constituted a committee in this regardThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever