The monsoon session schedule of parliament seems jam packed with action, as the opposition and other parties have started flexing muscles with more ideas for adjournment motion than the ideas of ruling party presenting its plans on the floor.
Apart from the development issues of Direct Tax Code and the women’s reservation bill the session will be flogged by issues such as civil liability for nuclear damage, economic blockade of Manipur, deteriorating situation in Kashmir, Naxal attacks, rail accidents etc. But the thorn in the arm-pit for the ruling governance this session would be the price rise, especially in the fuel prices. The opposition is already making alliances with other parties calling for adjournment motion. CPI and regional parties see this as their chance to draw their claws in the congresses back a little deeper to satisfy their quest for vengeance. The BJP would also play hard on the Bhopal issue and the exit of Mr. Anderson would be at the centre of it all.
There would be some respite for the congress after all as the BJP would barter on or some of the issues in the parliament in-exchange for Amit Shah’s safe passage out of the CBI’s clutches. What would be interesting to see is, which issues would be compromised on and which one’s would be hit hard. As BJP regains its strength, this monsoon session could act as a turning point. Congress led UPA has 4 more years to prove its competency to get another term, but the sheer number of growing issues is indicative of its fate in the next elections. A tired PM might make way for the congress prince to take up the mantle of steering the government, but it would take much more than charisma and political calculations to get out of this unscrapped.
The think tanks at 10 Janpath would have to put all their brains and experience to take the rabbit out of the hat this time. With the BJP poised to expose each fall, and Gadkari’s leadership formulating a comeback in years to come, this monsoon session would ensure more thundering than rains for the UPA.
2 comments:
very interesting views on the monsoon session ,and the amit sha bargain point was laid emaculately,there is no doubt ,i share same thougts as yours,
on a lighter note -the thorn may be put anywhere else but the armpits
very true as the session progresses and the gloves come off I am sure things would move down south towards below the belt hitting...
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