Centre, Opposition talk to break deadlock in Parliament

Early this week, Leaders of Opposition in both Houses — Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge — wrote to Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar requesting a two-day debate on Constitution to mark the 75th year of its adoption.Separately, Congress Lok Sabha deputy leader Gaurav Gogoi, K Suresh and whip Manickam Tagore also met the Speaker and raised the demand for a two-day discussion.“We have also seen that on the 125th birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar, debates happened for 13 hours, on two days. On the 75th anniversary of ‘Bharat Chhodo Andolan’ (Quit India) too, debates happened,” said Tagore.Notably, there is disquiet among the INDIA bloc partners and even in the Congress camp about the grand old party’s strategy of stalling Parliament over the Adani issue. While TMC has openly expressed its displeasure, some alliance partners such as DMK are also not on the same page with Congress. A Congress leader told this newspaper that many leaders in the party do not agree with disrupting the House continuously on a single issue.



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