There is no vacancy for the post of the prime minister in 2019, so the Opposition should stop and start preparing for it in 2014, said Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan during his speech in the Lok Sabha as part of the no-confidence motion.
Rewinding to the past, Paswan asked the Opposition if they had their unity intact on all counts. He spoke of Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s proposal to pass the women’s reservation Bill and inquired whether Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh is on board.
“In this very house, when Deve Gowda ji was the prime minister, and I was the leader of the House, there was a furore in the house over the Bill and I went to him. He promised me that it will be done and delayed the debate in the House by half an hour under the pretext of electronic voting machine and in those few minutes, the tables were turned,” he said, adding that after the break, demands for reservation of various communities surfaced.
He also spoke of Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati’s lack of support.
Praising the NDA government for “working according to the Constitution”, he said the Congress needs to understand why it remains in power in very few states.
He said the Centre will bring an ordinance if the Supreme Court delivers an adverse verdict on a review petition filed against its order diluting the provisions of the SC/ST Act.
‘TN TREATED BADLY’
- AIADMK has accused the Centre of giving step-motherly treatment to TN.
- Its leader P Venugopal said Tamil Nadu has been penalised for achieving progress and controlling population.
- He urged not to bring the Dam Safety Bill without solving river water disputes.
WHY TRS IS MIFFED
- Telangana Rashtra Samithi leader B Vinod Kumar said the people of Telangana are annoyed with the Modi government.
- This, he said, is because of the decision to merge seven mandals of Khammam district of Telangana with Andhra following bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
