New Delhi: The Monsoon Session of Parliament ended on Friday with virtually no business transacted. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose resignation was made by the Opposition as a pre condition for allowing Parliament to function, spoke out.
The Prime Minister called the stalling of Parliament a negation of a working democracy while the Opposition countered saying having majority is not a licence to loot.
On the last day of the session, the two sides only sharpened their attack against each other outside Parliament, taking the coalgate battle to the streets.
As much as 13 straight days of no work, honourable members behaving dishonourably and an aggressive UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi – this is the report card of the Monsoon Session that was washed out by the CAG report on coal.
While around 77 per cent time was lost in Lok Sabha, in Rajya Sabha the figure was 72 per cent.
When the session started, the government had listed 32 bills for discussion, but only four of them were passed due to the logjam.
Unfortunately, the 15th Lok Sabha will go down history as the one which saw the most number of disruptions since 1952. What's most worrying for the UPA-II is also the performance of the new leader of the House, Sushil Kumar Shinde, who clearly failed to take up the role of his predecessor.
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