Appeals made in useless, Chairman asks MPs protesting to introspect

WITH OPPOSITION events insisting on a dialogue on the Pegasus snooping allegations and on the contentious farm legal guidelines, and the federal government not yielding to the calls for, Rajya Sabha but once more witnessed a number of adjournments – and little enterprise – on Tuesday.
The protests by the opposition events within the Well of the House, regardless of his repeated appeals for order, compelled Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu to name upon the protesting MPs to “introspect if this is what we make of our exalted parliamentary democracy”.
Amid the din, the House handed the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021, which was handed by Lok Sabha in March. It will exchange Lighthouse Act, 1927, and supply a recent framework for improvement, upkeep and administration of aids to navigation in India.
As the House assembled within the morning, a number of opposition MPs got here to the Well shouting slogans even because the Chairman requested others to renew enterprise. With the protests getting louder, Naidu mentioned it was the “sixth of the scheduled 19 sittings of the House for this Monsoon Session. We are still to get into business mode”.
“What is this called? Let the people decide and describe what this is called,” he mentioned, referring to the protests. “Nothing is going on record, you should give notice. Talk to your leaders. Go to your place. Maintain order in the House. We can take up all the issues.”
“I am not going to oblige. You know that you cannot force me like this through undemocratic method,” Naidu mentioned.
Just earlier than he adjourned the House for about an hour, inside 13 minutes after it began, Naidu mentioned he was “concerned over media reports that some sections of the House are determined not to allow its functioning for the remainder of the session”.

“All of you should introspect if this is what we make of our exalted Parliamentary democracy. Parliament is meant for making laws, to discuss public issues. Nothing of it is being allowed.”
He mentioned there are eight Bills for the House to contemplate. “Unfortunately, Parliament is being reduced to such a sorry state of affairs. Leaders of parties have voiced their concern to me over the ongoing state of affairs in this august House and being deprived of raising issues of public concern. You are depriving members of Zero Hour submissions, Special Mentions and also Questions.”
“You are harming the interest of the country, yourself and also the interest of Parliament. I appeal to all of you to please rethink about this attitude. See to it that the discussion takes place.”
As the House resumed at midday, the opposition members had been again within the Well with slogans and placards. Deputy Chairman Harivansh informed them that they had even taken off their masks, and had been violating the Covid protocols. As some members requested listed inquiries to Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, he mentioned he was unable to listen to amid the din.
Deputy Leader of the House Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi focused the protesting members for not following Covid protocols. “Our officers who are sitting there, they can get infected,” he mentioned, because the House was adjourned once more.
In the afternoon, Harivansh, adamant on transacting enterprise, referred to as on members to debate the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, because the protesting opposition MPs as soon as once more entered the Well of the House. Only two MPs spoke on the Bill instantly after the lunch recess earlier than the House was adjourned until 4 pm.

Once the House resumed, the Deputy Chairman referred to as NCP’s Fauzia Khan and Shiv Sena’s Priyanka Chaturvedi to talk however their voices had been drowned within the commotion. Then Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal spoke briefly amid the din, following which Harivansh proceeded to get the Bill handed.
The House was then adjourned for an hour. On resumption, the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection Bill 2021 was launched following which the Upper House was adjourned for the day.