New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ‘unprecedented’ delay in proroguing the Monsoon session of Parliament, and urged him to call an all-party meeting to discuss any new delimitation proposal.
In his letter, Kharge also cautioned Modi against any attempt to bulldoze a “far-reaching” Constitutional Amendment Bill.
“Mallikarjun Kharge ji has just written to the prime minister on the unprecedented delay in proroguing the Monsoon Session of Parliament and any moves the Modi government may be planning,” Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh wrote on X, sharing Kharge’s letter.
Kharge wrote that it has already been 64 days since the Monsoon session was adjourned sine die on August 13, but both Houses of Parliament are yet to be prorogued.
Kharge mentioned that he had earlier written to the Prime Minister on April 11 to convene an all-party meeting before bringing any Constitutional Amendment Bill on delimitation.
“You did not do so. Thereafter, you made the Bills public on the late evening of April 14, and convened a special session on April 16. The Constitutional Amendment Bill on delimitation failed to muster the necessary two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha on April 17 by a decisive margin,” Kharge stated.
“Thereafter, on July 16 and August 27, I wrote to you again repeating our request for an all-party meeting. I am now doing so for a fourth time. Please convene an all-party meeting to have a detailed discussion on your new proposals before they are finalised for consideration in Parliament,” the Congress chief said.
All political parties must get sufficient time to deliberate among themselves, with each other and with all other stakeholders, he added.
“Please do not once again try and bulldoze a far-reaching Constitutional Amendment Bill through Parliament as you attempted earlier and that met its well-deserved fate,” Kharge said.
