Amit Shah pulls up BJP MPs for bunking House sessions
BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday reprimanded party MPs for frequent absence from Parliament, saying that lawmakers should do justice to the people’s faith in electing them to look after the interests of the voters.
Addressing the BJP parliamentary party in New Delhi, Shah said there were many people who aspire to become MPs but they don’t get the chance.
“If you have been elected, you should do justice,” a source present at the meeting quoted the BJP president as saying. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Assam to review the flood situation, is also “extremely upset”, BJP sources said.
Shah’s reprimand came a day after Opposition parties forced an amendment in a bill to accord constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes over its composition and the powers of states.
With several Opposition MPs, including those from the AIADMK, TMC and others, not present in the House, the government had an opportunity to outnumber the Opposition, but it was hamstrung as its own MPs were missing in the House.
The amendment seeking to increase the number of members from three to five, including a woman and a minority candidate of OBC category, and ensuring the relevance of state commissions was carried with 75 MPs supporting and 52 rejecting it.
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