Amid a standoff in Parliament over the Pegasus espionage problem, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday spoke to Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and sought his cooperation to finish the standoff. With the federal government not agreeing to a debate on Pegasus, the opposition indicated it was hardening its place and plans to accentuate its assault towards the federal government.
Opposition leaders – from 17 events in each homes – will meet over breakfast on Tuesday to chalk out their subsequent plan of action on the invitation of senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. Sources mentioned that some events have proposed that the MPs maintain a mock session within the Parliament advanced to ask them to suppress their voice inside each the homes.
Following protests by opposition events over Pegasus espionage and different points for the reason that begin of the monsoon session, Parliament has labored solely 18 hours out of the stipulated time of 107 hours, leading to a lack of over Rs 133 crore to taxpayers. Government sources gave this data on Saturday.
Sources mentioned that 89 hours have been wasted to this point within the session which started on July 19 and ends on August 13.
As per the small print shared by official sources, whereas the Rajya Sabha has functioned for round 21 per cent of its scheduled time, the Lok Sabha has managed to operate for lower than 13 per cent of its scheduled time.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
