Kc Venugopal Submits Breach Of Privilege Notice Against PM Modi
New Delhi: Congress MP KC Venugopal has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of violating parliamentary rights. In this context, he has issued a privilege notice to Parliament. Prime Minister Modi addressed the people of the country on April 18. In that speech, he blamed the opposition. The Prime Minister alleged in his speech that the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill was defeated due to the opposition, and due to this, the Women’s Reservation Bill did not get clearance. However, Congress Lok Sabha MP KC Venugopal blamed Prime Minister Modi for his speech. He alleged that Modi’s blaming of the opposition in his TV address was unethical and amounted to abuse of power. The Congress leader said that saying that the opposition was the reason for the bill’s defeat would be a violation of parliamentary rights.
It is unfortunate that the Prime Minister has said that the opposition is the reason for not achieving a majority in Parliament. Venugopal said that the opposition is demanding 33 percent reservation for women, but they have opposed only the Delimitation Bill brought by the government. He said that the opposition has demanded the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill of 2023. The Congress leader said that the opposition has demanded the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Act, which was enacted through the 106th Constitutional Amendment, but the government has blamed the opposition for violating the Prime Minister’s rights.
Venugopal said that they participated in the voting as per the duties of Parliament, but it would be a violation of the Constitution for the government to say that the opposition was the reason for the defeat of its bill. According to Article 105 of the Constitution, no reasons should be attributed to the members who voted. He said that the article applies to anyone, including the Prime Minister. If an elected representative is performing his duties, finding them wrong would be a personal attack, not only would it be a contempt of the parliamentary system, but it would be a violation of democratic rights, the Congress leader said in his notice.
