Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT Cell head Amit Malviya slammed the Opposition MPs for creating a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha on Sunday in front of the Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh during the passage of the two controversial farm bills, saying the MPs resorted to vandalism as they did not have any arguments or numbers to oppose the bills.The Opposition MPs, who are accused of creating a massive uproar in the Rajya Sabha, have alleged that the Deputy Chairman, Harivansh Narayan Singh, did not let the Opposition MPs build the consensus or speak during the passage of the two agriculture bills.
Twelve parties also gave notice of no-confidence against the deputy chairman as the manner in which the Bills were passed is a "murder of democracy".Responding to the allegations of the Opposition, Amit Malviya, in a piercing attack, said absolutely nothing can justify the kind of behaviour India saw in the House on Sunday.Parliament Live Updates"If the Opposition had arguments or numbers, they could have voted against the bills.
But neither they had the numbers nor the arguments and so, they resorted to vandalism.
They tore the rule book, heckled the deputy chairman.
It is called the House of the elders and what we saw was MPs running around, tearing papers and heckling Marshals," Amit Malviya said.On the allegations that the deputy chairman did not listen to the Opposition MPs to get the farm bills passed and ensure the Opposition gets isolated, Amit Malviya said they need to be asked if they had numbers or not."Did they have the numbers or not? Did they have the requisite support or not? Had they have numbers and support, they would not have resorted to vandalism.
If the Congress had promised this in 2014 which is now being passed in 2020, why are they opposing the legislation which intends to do what has been demand not now but for many decades," Amit Malviya said.On protests by the farmer bodies, Amit Malviya said the protests have only been happening in the Congress-ruled states.
He also said the Congress has been using asking its workers to pose as farmers and protest against the farm bills."They [Congress] are using their workers to pose as farmers.
I saw pictures of tractors pulled out of showrooms and Congress workers posing as farmers.
I am not saying farmers may not have a genuine concern around it [farm bills] because there is a lot of misinformation the Congress is trying to spread," Amit Malviya said.The Rajya Sabha passed the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020, through voice vote amid the din caused by opposition protests.