Single Civil Code as Private Bill in Rajya Sabha; Congress on the run; There were only three Congress MPs at the time of voting

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New Delhi
When the BJP introduced the Civil Code as a personal invoice within the Rajya Sabha, the Congress abstained with out elevating any opposition. Not a single member of the Congress, a outstanding lawyer, was current within the Home when the invoice was launched. Then again, when the invoice presentation discover was voted, solely three out of 31 Congress members got here to the Home. All 28 abstained, implicitly supporting the invoice.

Amid robust opposition from opposition events together with the Left, BJP member Kirodi Lal Meena from Rajasthan launched a personal invoice offering for the formation of a Nationwide Committee for Uniform Citizenship. By 63 votes to 23, the Home rejected the discover given beneath Rule 67 by the Left Members requesting that the invoice not be allowed. CPI-M Rajya Sabha chief Elamaram Karim, deputy chief Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, V Shivdasan, John Brittas and AA Rahim issued notices opposing the introduction of the invoice. The Congress was not even concerned about giving a discover in opposition to the introduction of the Invoice, which had been delivered with advance discover.

The Congress’ chilly response in opposition to the invoice concentrating on the nation’s minorities has angered the Muslim League, a member of the UDF. When the controversial invoice was launched within the Home, not a single member of the Congress was current and the absence of the Congress harm the Muslim League MPP V Abdulwahab. Congress members JB Mather, Imran Pratapgadi and L Hanumanthaiah had been prepared to come back to the Home when this information got here to the channel. They had been in a position to file a protest within the Home not less than as a result of the dialogue on the discover given by the Left in opposition to the Invoice was extended.

Elamaram Karim stated in opposition to the introduction of the invoice that it was an try and impose the Sangh Parivar agenda one after the other. This can create division within the nation. The nation will probably be on hearth. India is a secular nation. The nation has a constitutional system that ensures safety for all. There are a lot of different directives within the structure equivalent to property management, first rate wages for staff. The Sangh Parivar doesn’t need to implement any of that. That is agenda pushing. Elamaram Karim demanded that it’s withdrawn. V Sivadasan, John Brittas, AA Rahim and others additionally spoke in opposition to the invoice.

What was absent was the political choice of the Congress
When the one civil code invoice was launched within the Rajya Sabha by a BJP member, it was a political choice of the Congress to keep away from opposing it. No Congress members had been current within the Home on the time of introduction of the invoice. Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, who can be the AICC president, and basic secretary KC Venugopal, who’s answerable for the group, didn’t oppose the invoice.

Regardless that senior leaders had been energetic within the Home until Friday afternoon, they abstained en masse when the Invoice was launched. The Rajya Sabha Secretariat had introduced just a few days in the past which non-public payments can be thought of for introduction on Friday. All members have been knowledgeable.

By topping the listing of payments, it’s clear how a lot significance the Modi authorities is contemplating the invoice. Then again, all of the BJP members had been current throughout the presentation of the invoice.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who can be the Leader of the Home, got here ahead to defend the federal government when the invoice was launched by the Left and others. Muslim League member Abdulwahab was harm that neither Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge nor different Congress members had been current to rebut Goyal at this stage. He brazenly shared this ache within the Home when he spoke in opposition to the invoice. Wahab’s comment was that ‘not having my Congress buddies hurts’.

Just a few events, together with the Left and the League, opposed it
When the one civil code, which is without doubt one of the essential agendas of the Sangh Parivar, reached the Rajya Sabha as a personal invoice, political opposition was raised by just a few events together with the Left events, Muslim League, NCP and SP. Abstention from the Rajya Sabha reveals that the Congress is shifting in the direction of a extra excessive Hindu stance after the depressing defeat in Gujarat.

Solely the Left members gave discover in opposition to the introduction of the invoice itself. V Sivadasan, AA Rahim and John Brittas identified that the Invoice and the Sangh Parivar agenda are destroying the unity of the nation.

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