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<\/p>\nNew Delhi: Indian politics got interesting as the no-confidence motion was brought up in the Parliament again on Friday, after 15 years of the last one in 2003. This time it was the opposition against BJP and Modi and they raised pertinent issues of why they had lost the trust in the present government.<\/p>\n
According to preliminary reports, the opposition wanted to talk about price rise, lynchings, Jammu & Kashmir, foreign policy, increase in deposits by Indians in Swiss banks, fleeing of economic offenders from India, atrocities on Dalits and security of women.<\/p>\n
What was shocking was how Amit Shah and Modi managed to call the debate so soon and kept half of the debate time for themselves, in a bid to curb dissent from an opposition that couldn\u2019t get enough time to form a unity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main opposition, Congress, has been given 38 minutes to speak, while the AIADMK has been given 29 minutes. Trinamool Congress has been allocated 27 minutes, Biju Janata Dal will have 15 minutes to speak and Telangana Rashtra Samithi has been allocated 9 minutes. The BJP will get to speak for 3 hours and 33 minutes to speak in the 7-hour long debate,\u201d it was reported.<\/p>\n
Priyanka Chaturvedi, a spokesperson for the Congress party said that the discussions in Parliament will be the beginning of a momentum that will highlight the government\u2019s failures in the run-up to the general elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe four years of Modi government have been a disaster from the word go and all indicators clearly show that due to its failed governance we are seeing the BJP\u2019s time-tested formula of sowing hate and reaping political benefits come to the fore. The incidents of hate crimes, normalising mob lynching, defending convicts of heinous crimes and the riot mongers seems to be the BJP\u2019s script for 2019 but the Congress is committed to highlighting the government failures, the biggest of which is the economy. The disastrous demonetisation cost the country Rs. 3 lakh crore in GDP growth and wiped out over 25 lakh jobs, while a hastily implemented GST impacted small businesses besides unleashing chaos with unclear as well as hard to implement filing and refund process. The Modi government has presided over the collapse of India\u2019s banking system with the last quarter indicating a net loss of over Rs 44,000 crore, the highest in recorded history for our banks. To hide its mess, the Modi government has now decided to hive off its stake in IDBI by using the hard earned money of every Indian that invested in LIC policy. The international oil prices have been falling since 2014 yet instead of passing the benefits to the people of the country, this government chose to increase central excise taxes (by over 200 per cent on petrol and over 400 per cent on diesel) to make oil costlier than it has ever been, and collected over Rs. 10 lakh crore,\u201d she\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0in The Indian Express.<\/p>\n \u201cThe farmers of the country continue to suffer the government apathy. India\u2019s agricultural growth over the past four years has been at its lowest since economic reforms began at a growth rate of mere 1.9 per cent. The minimum support price announced by the government has also turned out to be a big joke on the farmers and yet another jumla by the government to mislead the farmers, even agricultural experts have slammed the MSP + 50 per cent profit claim of the government. To compound this further, agricultural exports fell. After promising 2 crore jobs a year to our young this government has miserably failed in creating jobs. The women of this country continue to fight for equal opportunities and access yet the government refuses to pay heed to their demands. The NCRB data shows constant rise in violence against women and conviction rate lower than past governments exposes their failures. The promise of 33 per cent reservation for women continues to lie in cold storage despite the commitment from Congress to support the bill whenever presented in the parliament,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n \u201cDiplomacy failures despite PM travelling to 84 countries since 2014 are hard to miss. India for the first time witness a Prime Minister that went to Pakistan uninvited and to China on a no-agenda visit. Needless to say both trips besides to other countries have been spectacular failures for the country\u2019s diplomatic strength and outreach,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n It was widely reported that the current PM spent close to Rs. 1500 crores on travel since coming to power in 2014.<\/p>\n \u201cCongress chief Rahul Gandhi attacked Narendra Modi on multiple issues including the Rafale deal, saying the Prime Minister is not a “chowkidaar (guard)” but a “bhagidaar” (participant). “Everybody understands the relationship the PM has with certain business people. The Rafale deal was given to one such person and he benefitted thousands of crores… I can see he (PM) is smiling but there is a touch of nervousness. And now he cannot look me in the eye,\u201d he said during the no-confidence motion hearing.<\/p>\n BJP\u2019s ploy?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe BJP sees this as an opportunity to corner the Congress over a number of issues like triple talaq, uniform civil code, and simultaneous elections among others. The BJP has been pressing for the passing the triple talaq bill in the Rajya Sabha where it lacks majority and it needs the support from the Congress and others to make it a legislation. On uniform civil code, the BJP and Congress have different views. While the BJP has been saying that the uniform civil code is as per the Constitution, the Congress is opposed to it,\u201d\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0The Financial Express.<\/p>\n \u201cThe BJP will also utilise this as an opportunity to propagate its schemes and programmes that it has launched in last four years and try to send a message to the people that the government is pro-poor. It also comes just ahead of the assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and BJP where the BJP faces anti-incumbency factor. With Narendra Modi leading the charge, it will be a surprise if a motion moved by the opposition turns out to be an embarrassment for itself,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n