Parliament Live: NDA is suit, boot ki sarkar, says Rahul slamming Modi govt - Firstpost

Apr 20, 2015

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• 17:01(IST)

  This Govt is sensitive to the plight of farmers: Venkaiah Naidu in LS

  — ANI (@ANI_news) April 20, 2015

• 16:59(IST)

  Venkaiah Naidu defends govt, says ministers met hail-storm hit farmers

  Now Venkaiah Naidu gets up to speak, says "as a farmer I would like to open up my heart".

  "Today a doctor wants his son to be a doctor, an actor wants his son to be an actor, but no farmer wants his son to be a farmer," Naidu tells Lok Sabha. 

  He says, "The share of agriculture in the GDP, which was 26%, it has come to 13% by 2012-13. The reason being there is need to increase output, need for more spending on facilities."

  Naidu says, "Yours is a party of one, where as ours is everyone." 

  "After the hail storm, all ministers went to different states to meet with farmers," he says and adds.

• 16:51(IST)

  You are making a mistake by hurting farmers, Rahul Gandhi tells Modi govt

  Now Rahul goes on to say,"PM Modi understands political calculations and has won the elections. So it brings a question to my mind... Farmers consist of 7% of the population,. So if PM understands political calculations, then why is he making them angry?"

  "There is talk about defence, fighter planes, but he is forgetting the  farmers," says Rahul. 

  "You are weakening the farmers, and when they are unable to stand on their feet you will hit them with your 'ordinance axe'," Rahul Gandhi says. 

  "You are making a mistake by hurting farmers," he says. 

   

• 16:42(IST)

  NDA a govt of industrialists, 'suit, boot ki sarkar', says Rahul Gandhi in LS

  Now Rahul Gandhi takes on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and says, "Why doesn't the PM go and see what problems the farmers are facing."

  In the background Congress MPs say, "He doesn't have free time from his foreign trips."

  Taking on the NDA government he says, "One thing is clear that the BJP government does not care about the problems of labourers and farmers. It is the government of industrialists."

• 16:39(IST)

  BJP MPs interrupt Rahul as he takes on Modi govt in Lok Sabha

  Amid the chants of 'shame, shame' by Congress MPs, Rahul Gandhi takes on the Narendra Modi government saying the government has let the farmer down. 

  "I want to suggest something to the Prime Minister," Rahul says, only to be interrupted by shouting. 

  He goes on to say, "Experts, Agriculture ministry have different opinions. This is how BJP fools people." 

   

  

• 16:34(IST)

  Achche din govt has failed farmers, Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

  Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi speaks in the Lok Sabha and says that whatever development has happened in the country is based on what farmers have done. 

  "The farmer gave us green revolution, because he was provided with the idea of MSP," he says, 

  He goes on to say, "I am sad to say that the achhe din government has failed to anything on MSP."

• 16:19(IST)

• 16:18(IST)

  Farmers neet Sonia Gandhi at her residence

  Even as Rahul Gandhi is expected to address the Lok Sabha over the controversial land acquisition bill, farmers met Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence. 

  Meanwhile, the Congress has given stiff opposition to the land bill in Lok Sabha. 

• 15:43(IST)

  Congress meeting at Sonia's residence at 4 pm

   

  According to latest TV reports, Sonia Gandhi has called for a party meeting at her residence at 4 pm today. Incidentally, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's first speech from Opposition benches is scheduled for 4 pm as well.

   

  According to Times Now, Congress leaders from Haryana and Himachal Pradesh will be in New Delhi to attend the meeting.

• 14:52(IST)

  Be present during Rahul's speech, Congress tells its MPs

  Ahead of Rahul Gandhi's speech on the land bill at around 4 pm in the Lok Sabha, Congress has told all its MPs to be present in the House, according to Times Now.

   

  This will be the first speech for the Congress vice president in the present House as Opposition. 

New Delhi: The Budget session of Parliament resumes today. The government plans to table the new land ordinance in the Lok Sabha, where the government has a solid majority.

Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge said his party will participate in the debate, but "have sent a resolution and we will oppose the bill tooth and nail."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet said that he is looking forward to a productive session, filled with constructive debates on several issues.

"Parliament session begins today. I look forward to a productive session, filled with constructive debates on several issues," Modi said in his tweet.

The controversial land bill issue is expected to generate much heat in Lok Sabha with the government deciding to table the new land ordinance on the very first day of the second half of Budget session.

AFP image.

While the Lok Sabha reconvenes today, the Rajya Sabha will start a new session from 23 April. It was prorogued to allow the government to issue a new ordinance or emergency order on land acquisition, incorporating nine amendments cleared by the Lok Sabha in the first part of the Budget session.

Speaking to Times Now, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu said that important issues like black money and GST need to be discussed during the Budget Session.

"Land bill is in the interest of the farmers and we have brought the bill after consultation with other states. We are not intimidated. We don't even know when the Congress leadership will go missing in action, Naidu said taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi's almost two-month-long sabbatical.

Naidu added: "They are issue-less, because there is no scam and prices have come down. Congress is criticising us after we have been in power for 9 months. They forget what they did to India in 50 years under their rule."

He alleged that Congress is "politicising" the land acquisition issue unmindful of the consequences for development of the country.

To buttress his point, Naidu also quoted from a purported interview of former Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to a magazine wherein Ramesh was reported to have said that excluding 13 acts from the purview of the land act of 2013 was 'real politics'.

Naidu expressed bewilderment over Ramesh saying in the said interview, as to how would it matter even if projects are delayed by three to four years on account of the provisions of land Act of 2013 like the consent clause and social impact assessment (SIA).

"Such delays would result in time and cost overruns to which several Congress Chief Ministers have objected to while seeking changes in the land Act of 2013 proposed by the Congress led UPA Government," he said.

Naidu also ridiculed Congress' allegation that the changes proposed by the NDA government would be used to acquire lands for the "benefit of RSS-affiliated organisations" and assets that it shall never be done.

According to the schedule of business, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy will lay on the table a copy of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, promulgated by the President on April 3 under Article 123(2)(a) of Constitution.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will also make a statement regarding the 'Recent Developments in the Republic of Yemen and efforts made for safe evacuation of Indian nationals from there'.

The Budget session will conclude on May 8. The Rajya Sabha is having a new session from April 23 that will end on May 13.

On the eve of resumption of Budget Session, Modi yesterday voiced hope that it would be full of "outcomes", noting that the productivity of Parliament has "reached 125 percent" since his government came to power.

With Parliament set to witness a stormy session over a host of issues, including the land bill, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu asked BJP MPs to be present in their House throughout.

The land acquisition ordinance, which the government could not get converted into a legislation in the first half of the budget session in Parliament due to stiff opposition in Rajya Sabha, was re-promulgated on April 3, a day before it was to lapse.

With inputs from PTI

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