TMC targets Amit Shah by not allowing him to speak in RS on MSP
New Delhi, Aug 7: Trinamool Congress (TMC) has targeted Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah for the aggressive posturing in support of National Register for Citizenship (NRC). The party has targeted Shah during a debate in the house on minimum support price (MSP) leading to the adjournment of the Upper House.
Amit Shah was speaking on the issue of MSP as allowed by the Chairman. Several other leaders from many other political parties were supposed to speak on the issue however the Congress came out in support the TMC that their demands should also be met.
The chairman allowed debate on MSP on August 7, 2018 on the notice of Shah while debate on the issue of Silchar incidence was allowed for August 8. Shah even started his speech and barely 5-6 minets had gone by when uproar was started by the TMC MPs. When the Chair started taking name and said that MPS will be suspended, the Congress too joined the TMC and the house was adjourned initially for around 10 minets and later 20 minets and debate could not be completed.
From the BJP, leaders like Bhupendra Yadav, Anil Jain and Amar Shanker Sable were to participate in the debate. From opposition Prasanna Acharya, Bhaskar Rao Nekkanti and Pratab Keshri Deb from Biju Janata Dal, Manoj Jha of Rashtriya Janata Dal and V Vijay Sai Reddy of YSR Congress were the leaders to participate in the debate. The house was adjourned for the second time amid chaos.
When
minister
of
state
for
parliamentary
affairs
intervened
that
what
should
be
done,
the
Congress
leader
in
the
Rajya
Sabha
Anand
Sharma
supported
the
cause
of
TMC
while
other
leaders
like
RJD
appeared
non-committal.
The
BJP
leaders
were
of
the
view
that
TMC
wants
to
target
the
BJP
president
by
such
gimmicks
but
it
will
come
to
them
as
the
party
president
was
taking
up
the
issue
of
farmers.
Rajya
Sabha
chairman
had
already
given
them
time
to
debate
they
wanted
it
today.
However,
the
Congress
leaders
found
the
issue
of
TMC
equally
important
so
the
TMC
members
in
the
Rajya
Sabha
did
not
allow
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
chief
Amit
Shah
to
speak
leading
to
adjournment
of
the
house.