The opposition, had demanded that the bills should be sent to a select committee for further discussion before passing the farm bills at Rajya Sabha. They demanded for the committee as they lacked the numbers to block the bills.
Trinamool Congress’s Derek O’Brien, termed it as a “murder of democracy”.
Amid unprecedented uproar and protests, two of the three big ticket farm bills of the government were passed in Rajya Sabha by voice vote today. The opposition alleged that the government did not have the numbers and to cover it up, all rules were violated.
All the MP’s from the opposition sat in protest inside the house. They hindered all the sanitization operations before the Lok Sabha session which began at 3 pm.
Derek O’Brien later tweeted, “They cheated. They broke every rule in Parliament. It was a historic day, in the worst sense of the word. They RSTV feed was cut so that the country couldn’t see. They censored RSTV. Don’t spread propaganda. We have evidence,”
The opposition, which lacked the numbers to block the bills, had demanded that the bills be sent to a select committee for further discussion.
The trouble started as the Deputy Chairman said the opposition resolution was negated and moved to pass the bills by voice vote. The opposition demanded a physical voting, pointing out that they were sitting in parliament.
When the Chair refused, they rushed to the Well of the House, attempted to tear up the rule book and tried to snatch the Deputy Chairman’s microphone.
“Mahabharat has broken out inside parliament,” Congress‘s Ghulam Nabi Azad said. Opposition MPs could be seen recording the moment on cellphones, drawing repeated rebuke from the chair
Insisting that the rules were not being followed, Mr O’ Brien, whose point of order was not accepted, said “This is a brutal murder of the Parliamentary democratic system”
