V-P expresses concern over House disruptions
NEW DELHI: Expressing displeasure that proceedings in both Houses were washed out even on a day when the nation was commemorating jawans who sacrificed lives repulsing a terrorist attack on the Parliament, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday suggested that political parties should come up with a code of conduct.
Naidu, also the Rajya Sabha chairman, emphasized that the ruling and the opposition sides must always talk to each other so that there can be more instances of consensus and the tendency towards disruption is negated.
The vice president was speaking
Why was the 79th session of IHC cancelled just 15 days before the event?
“the venue As historian S Irfan Habib noted on Twitter,
or a month ago. was decided 10 months ago, not a week
was the
If lack of funds and lack of accommodation
inform the IHC reason for cancellation, why did SPPU not at least a few months in advance?
of Why was IHC not informed about paucity funds in advance?
, “the History According to Prafulla Pawar, registrar, SPPU
Department of History and Congress to be hosted by
“postponed” due to lack of funds. “The SPPU jointly was
days was to the entire session which would be for three
were raised tune of ₹1.5 crore and most of the funds
through.” through philanthropy funding which fell
history, SPPU Radhika Seshan, head of department of
₹15 lakhs form said that the department had collected
a press conference, she delegate registration. Addressing
was due to shortage of funds said the “postponement”
accommodation for the delegates. and also lack of
funds According to her, corporates who had promised
in and promised to release the funds only pulled out
to postpone the January. Thus, there was no choice but session to a further date.
Why was IHC not informed about accommodation issues in advance?
to be hosted at According to Seshan the delegates were
became the Balewadi stadium guest houses, which
sports event “suddenly unavailable” due to the major
verbally” to ‘Khelo India.’ She said this was “intimated
with the the department, causing a sudden crisis
major accommodation. Is this how the SPPU organises national and international conferences?
Is the reason for cancellation political?
held at The 78th session of the Indian History Congress
2017, was Jadhavpur University, Kolkata in December,
of prominent marred by controversy after a number
Mamta Banerjee, speakers like West Bengal chief minister
for the Marxist historian Irfan Habib and president
attempts made 78th session KM Shirmali, had criticised
history. by the central government to distort Indian at an event organised by Marathi daily Lokmat, held by Lokmat media group headed by former MP Vijay Darda, Naidu also handed out the Lokmat Parliamentary Awards 2018. “While talking to members about the disruptions by them, sometimes the answer is that the direction came from above...it is time that political parties should evolve a code of conduct for their members,” Naidu said.
Other prominent parliamentarians including Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, Union minister of human resource development Prakash Javadekar, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad also expressed their concern on disruptions. Joshi and Pawar were conferred the Life Time Achievement Award while Rajya Sabha leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey were chosen as ‘Best Parliamentarians’. Rajya Sabha MP and DMK leader Kanimozhi and Lok Sabha MP Rama Devi were chosen as Best Women Parliamentarian while Hema Malini and Chhaya Verma were conferred with the Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian award. Naidu stressed that media needed to play a constructive role by highlighting disruptions. Pawar mentioned that in his 52 years as a lawmaker he may have supported a protest or so but never ventured in the Well of the House