Parliament Session: Bengal CM Mamata Accuses Centre Of 'Forcefully' Pushing Through Bills
Mamata Banerjee Comments: Mamata Banerjee said that while there are numerous political parties and ideologies in a democracy, the parliamentary majority always prevails.
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched an attack on the central government and said that we fear how parliamentary democracy will survive as the ruling party is trying to "forcefully' pass bills without voting, reported news agency PTI.
"You have seen that if the opposition raises voice, because of the majority, the ruling party passes bills forcefully even without any voting. They don't accept reports of standing committees or select committees. We are afraid whether our parliamentary democracy will persevere and its prestige and respect which has been preserved till now will be protected," she told reporters.
She went on to say that while there are numerous political parties and ideologies in a democracy, the parliamentary majority always prevails. "But this does not mean that you will bulldoze opposition voices, states, media," she said.
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"Our party will face them boldly and coolly and cooperate with other opposition parties to fight against the atrocities," she said.
On Monday, Banerjee went to the G20 preparatory meeting that was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On Tuesday, she went to Ajmer Sharif with her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, who is the party's national general secretary.
In the Winter Session of Parliament, which begins on December 7, the Narendra Modi-led government plans to present 16 new bills, including the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022, and the Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill, 2022. Some of the bills have already been passed by either of the Houses or have been reviewed by Parliamentary committees, and will be taken up for passage in the winter session starting Wednesday.
There will be a total of 17 working days, and the winter session will go on till December 29, 2022.
However, the data protection bill and bills to amend the banking act, insolvency law, and competition commission act have not been included in the legislative business list.
Wednesday marked the beginning of Parliament's winter session. Before the session ends on December 29, it will meet 17 times over 23 days.
(With PTI Inputs)
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