The Parliament is unlikely to function on Tuesday for the third day in a row with the opposition NDA and some other parties demanding an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha and suspension of Question Hour in the Upper House to discuss the issue of price rise.
“Tomorrow also we will bring an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha and will not agree to a discussion under any other provision as we want voting on the issue. Only when there is voting, will we know who is in favour and who is not,” Deputy Leader of BJP in Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde said.
In the Rajya Sabha, a notice for suspension of Question Hour under Rule 168 to discuss and vote on price rise will again be moved tomorrow by the BJP and other opposition parties.
“Government wants to postpone discussions under an adjournment motion on price rise. We will ask the Chair to decide what should be done. Till now the government has not formally rejected our demand for an adjournment motion and the Speaker’s ruling is pending,” Mr. Munde said.
The main opposition claimed it had discussed the strategy on “floor level coordination” with other political parties, who want discussion and voting on the issue.
“We are fully confident that almost the entire opposition will be united on price rise. Samajwadi Party and RJD also want voting on this issue,” Mr. Munde said.
BJP has moved its adjournment motion for discussion and voting on increase in prices of kerosene and LPG cylinders to prevent any government attempt to reject it on grounds of the issue not being of “recent occurrence,” a condition required for such a motion to be accepted.
