The bills which govt was trying to pass stating 'urgency', we failed to stop those bills as well
There were few discussions on the economy and on inflation
As far as bills were concerned- Food Security Bill, Land acquisition and pension bills - these 3 important bills we passed
But the govt was trying to pass a few bills like the RTI in 'hadbadahat'(hurry)
They wanted the Judicial appointment bill to be passed in a hurry too. We said we wanted it to be sent to the standing committee.
When the bill came up in Rajya Sabha, we walked out
In Lok Sabha, the bill didn't even come up
We were successful in sending three bills to the standing committee for wider consultations On Coal storm:
189 files were missing
First episode was about the coal files missing scam. In the second episode, the government was trying to cover up the issue. In the third episode, there was a conspiracy to get rid of the evidence
This is like a daily soap with many events building up.
Arun Jaitley:
The economy is dipping, there are no solutions, and the govt claims external factors are responsible. But manufacturing is down and there is no foreign investment.
We tried our best to bring in discussions on economy
We tried to force a reluctant Prime Minister to answer questions on these topics
Lack of leadership and corruption- this is all the govt is today
'Netritvahinta and corruption'-this is all the govt is today
The PM says he is not custodian of the coal files and walks out after making a statement
He knew that the govt has no answers in coal scam and the missing coal files
It's a govt without credibility
Our objective was that these two issues- coal scam and missing coal files- be highlighted
We led the attack on behalf of the country on the issue of missing coal files- the issue was taken up three or four times.
On nomination of JPC members, we made our protest clear.
I wrote to the chairman and the government to reconsider as they were fixing JPC numbers to fix report. One extra member matters.