Parliament Budget Session Second Phase Today: The second phase of the budget session of Parliament is starting from today. The first part of the budget session of Parliament ran from 31 January to 13 February. The second part will start from March 10 and run till April 4. However, there can also be a strong conflict between the government and the opposition. The government’s attention will be on obtaining the approval of Parliament for grant demands as well as completing the budgetary process, getting approval for the Manipur budget and passing the Waqf Amendment Bill. At the same time, the opposition is planning to raise issues like alleged misappropriation in the voter list, the latest incident of violence in Manipur and India’s stand in dealing with the Trump administration.
Home Minister Amit Shah can present a statutory proposal to take approval of Parliament for the declaration of President’s rule in Manipur. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will also present the budget of Manipur on Monday. After N Biren Singh’s resignation from the post of Chief Minister, President’s rule is in force in Manipur from February 13.
TMC’s main issue EPIC
The opposition said that it is preparing to surround the government on the issue of repetition of voter photo identity card (EPIC). The Trinamool Congress has played a leading role in raising the issue, after which the Election Commission has said that it will take corrective steps in the next three months. The Election Commission rejected the Trinamool Congress claim that voter lists have been manipulated so that voters of other states can vote in West Bengal.
The Election Commission also clarified that some voters’ voter ID cards can be “equal”, but other details like demographics, assembly constituency and polling stations are different. Leaders of Trinamool Congress will meet the Election Commission officials on Monday. He has also united opposition parties including Congress, DMK, Shiv Sena (UBT) to raise this issue in both houses of Parliament during the second phase of the budget session.
Will the Waqf Amendment Bill pass?
At the same time, it is a priority for the government to pass the Waqf Amendment Bill soon. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said in the ‘India Today Conclave’ last week that the government is keen to pass the Waqf Amendment Bill soon, as it will solve many issues of the Muslim community. The Joint Committee of Parliament presented its report on the bill in the Lok Sabha amidst heavy opposition from the opposition.
Congress against this bill
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said that the Leader of the Opposition ‘India’ alliance will “consume widespread” to jointly oppose the Waqf Bill. Ramesh also said that the Congress will continue to raise the issue of irregularities in the election process and will allege that the elections are no longer free and fair. ” He said that during the Congress budget session, the issue of threats to impose mutual fee of Trump will be raised and called for a bipartisan collective resolution to deal with these threats.
