New Delhi, 3 April (IANS). Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) President Sonia Gandhi, in her first response to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha, described it as a direct attack on the Constitution and asked the Congress MPs to highlight the failures of the BJP -ruled NDA government with ‘aggression’.
Sonia Gandhi said in the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting that the Waqf Bill was forced to pass from Parliament. He said, “This bill is a direct attack on the constitution. It is part of the BJP’s well-thought out strategy to keep the society always divided.”
He also strongly objected to the ‘One Nation, One Election’ bill and described it as tampering with the Constitution.
Sonia Gandhi said that two years ago, the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in Parliament, but till now it is being ignored to give one-third reservation to SC, ST and OBC women.
Accusing the Modi government, he said that the current government is weakening the four major laws launched during the UPA government- Right to Information (RTI), MNREGA, Forest Rights Act and Land Acquisition Act. He also informed that 80 crore people are benefiting from the National Food Security Act implemented in 2013, but 14 crore people have been deprived of their rights due to lack of census.
Sonia Gandhi also appealed to the Congress leaders to continue their fight against the Modi government’s efforts to grab their plans and re -present their plans.
He said, “The Modi government is taking the country in a situation where the constitution will be limited only to the papers. We have to continue the fight for the truth and highlight the failures of the government.”
Sonia Gandhi also said that between 2004 and 2014, several schemes of the UPA government have been promoted by the NDA government in a new form and promoted as their achievement. The Congress will have to make more efforts to convey these truths to the public.
Sonia Gandhi said that BJP MPs in Parliament are targeting Congress ruled states. He also appealed to Congress MPs to adopt equally strong and aggressive strategy to highlight the failures of the central government.
He said, “I see that the BJP members, especially during the Zero Hour, make a completely false accusation on our state governments. All of you should raise the failures and mismanagement of the BJP ruled states with equal aggression. For this we have to prepare and do research and do research.”
The Rajya Sabha MP of the Congress also expressed concern that the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is not being given an opportunity to speak. He also said that the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge is also not being allowed to speak.
He said, “It is very strange and shocking. All this is being done to stop the opposition from raising its concerns, so that the government cannot be put in the dock.”
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