Parliament logjam: NDA MPS blame Congress, will give up 23 days’ salary
NEW DELHI: Members of Parliament belonging to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will give up their salaries for the 23 days in which proceedings in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were paralysed by protests in the postrecess part of the budget session.
It would be the first time that MPS from an entire ruling party or coalition will forego their pay for such a long period.
The second half of the budget session has been a near washout with MPS from various parties staged disruptive demonstrations in both houses. Union parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar, while announcing the salary decision at a media briefing, blamed the Congress party for the disruptions.
“The Congress is engaging in anti-democratic politics by stopping important bills from being passed, which is leading to criminal wastage of taxpayers’ money,” he said.