A BJP MP puzzled if leaders from Pakistan is also referred to as at such a gathering.
Environment activist Medha Patkar.(PTI File Photo)
Former Union minister and BJP MP Parshottam Rupala was joined by different lawmakers from his social gathering as they walked out of the assembly, with some dubbing Patkar as “anti-national”. A BJP MP puzzled if leaders from Pakistan is also referred to as at such a gathering.
The Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, headed by Congress MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, had referred to as Patkar to listen to her views on the implementation and effectiveness of the land acquisition legislation enacted by Parliament when the Congress-led UPA authorities was in energy in 2013.
Ulaka defended the choice, telling PTI that it’s a commonplace observe for a parliamentary committee to listen to civil society members and different stakeholders on numerous points.
He added, “We wanted to hear their views on the land acquisition law. We wanted an opinion from everyone, but they (BJP) didn’t allow it.”
A BJP member stated their major objection was to calling Patkar, who was the face of the ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’ protest in opposition to a decided push by the Gujarat authorities, headed then by Narendra Modi as chief minister, to boost the peak of Sardar Sarovar Dam.
The state authorities’s views lastly prevailed and Modi, who took over as prime minister in 2014, has typically spoken concerning the efforts to stall the undertaking since its basis was laid within the Nineteen Sixties.
As the BJP MPs walked out, Ulaka stated he determined to finish the assembly because of a scarcity of quorum.
He stated, “As per rule, a quorum of 10 members is required. When the BJP MPs walked out, there was no quorum, and the meeting ended.”
According to a supply, these invited earlier than the panel included officers from the Environment and Forest Ministry. Activists, together with Patkar and Prakash Raj, had been additionally requested to look earlier than the committee.
The supply stated BJP MPs objected to Patkar showing earlier than the panel, and referred to as her “anti-national”. Another supply stated a miffed MP additionally puzzled if the prime minister of Pakistan may very well be referred to as for questioning by the panel.
When the assembly began, opposition MPs had been of the opinion that Patkar must be heard, to which the BJP MPs didn’t agree.
Asked concerning the incident, Patkar stated she was invited to look earlier than the panel, and whereas she and others had been ready, they noticed some MPs depart.
Later, they had been knowledgeable that the assembly had ended, she added. Patkar stated she has appeared earlier than parliamentary committees earlier as nicely.
“I have never experienced anything like this before. It is important to talk about the land acquisition law,” she stated.
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