Bad floor management a UPA trait: BJP

Bad floor management a UPA trait: BJP

NEW DELHI, March 17: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said it was opposed to marshals being brought into the two houses of parliament and blamed the government for bad floor management in the first half of the budget session during which key bills, including a legislation on women’s reservation, were tabled amid disruptions.

The leaders of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj, criticized the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government for allegedly trying to pass without a discussion in the upper House the landmark bill that seeks to reserve 33 percent of all legislative seats in India.

“The complete absence of the floor management was the characteristic of the UPA during the first half of the budget session,” Jaitley told reporters at a joint news conference.

The nuclear liability Bill that was taken off from the Lok Sabha business list at the last minute Monday was another example of bad floor management, he said.

Apprehending opposition from the BJP and Left parties, the Government beat a hasty retreat in the Lok Sabha on the legislation that seeks to set up a legal mechanism to ensure that victims of a nuclear accident are able to claim financial compensation from the operator. The Bill is key on making the India-US nuclear deal operational. But is yet to be introduced in Parliament.