NEW DELHI: The Central government has given hints that a discussion on price rise may be taken up next week in Parliament, sources in the opposition parties said on Wednesday.
They, however, said the government doesn’t appear keen on a debate on the Agnipath military recruitment scheme and could elude the matter on the ground that it was sub judice. The opposition parties have conveyed to the government that no discussion on the price rise issue will be permitted till their MPs remain suspended, the sources said.
While four Congress MPs have been suspended in the Lok Sabha for the rest of the session for disrupting proceedings, 19 MPs, including seven from the TMC, six from the DMK, three from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, two from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and one from the CPI were suspended for the rest of the week.
On Tuesday, a Rajya Sabha MP from Aam Aadmi Party was suspended as well. The opposition parties have been holding protests to press for an immediate discussion on price rise and GST issues, paralysing proceedings in parliament since the start of the Monsoon session on July 18.
The government has maintained that the matter can be taken up once Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recovers from COVID-19 and returns to Parliament. Opposition sources also said that feelers from the other side have indicated that there is a view within the government that suspending 19 opposition MPs at one go in Rajya Sabha was a "wrong strategic move" and should have been avoided
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