Pandemonium in parliament as Opposition, Govt. trade barbs
SRINAGAR, JULY 25 (PTK): Trinamool congress Member of parliament (MP) Mahua Moitra, targeting central government, said that government is running propaganda machines to attack the opposition.
She said that today the government and its troll army are stopping the opposition to be anti-national. During her speech BJP members also made a ruckus and tried hard to disrupt her address.
Mahua Maitra said that if we oppose the bill today we are called anti-national. The Home Minister himself says that to oppose it, then think that the Home Minister of the country is scaring the opposition. The government believes in it, ‘If it is with them, then God does not have the devil’.
Moitra said this Bill seeks to designate individuals as terrorists without due process. The Treasury Benches heckled her as she spoke and asked the Chair to maintain order in the House. She said that the Bill also takes away the powers of the State. She calls the Bill anti-federalism, anti-constitutional and anti-people.
She further added “The UAPA bill seeks to do two things: In Clause 5, Section 25, National Investigation Agency (NIA) can go into any state and search the properties of any individual without the permission of the state Police which questions the federal structure of the country. In Clause 5, Section 35, the amendment to the bill allows for individuals to be designated as terrorists without due process. This bill is anti-federalism, anti-constitutional and anti-people. So I urge the Home Minister to withdraw the bill.”
Meanwhile AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi launched a scathing attacking on the BJP-led ruling government and said that the UAPA Bill violates Article 21. It takes over the judicial rights. “Are you outsourcing your nationalism to some international convention?”
Owaisi blamed Congress for making such laws. “Let a Congress leader be arrested in this law, only then they will know.” Congress objected to the claim and Owaisi, in a rare occurrence, received support from BJP members.
“We are outsourcing nationalism to the international convention- undermines dual structure of the country.”
He questions Home Minister Amit Shah. “What about zero tolerance miscarriage of justice as officials don’t get suspended. I blame Congress for this, they are are the culprits for bringing in this law. It allows for the seizure of property and where is judicial scrutiny? I believe IPC is good enough. Draconian laws, earlier by Congress and now by BJP, have been used against Muslims and Dalits.” (PTK)
