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It is curtains for 14th Lok Sabha, praise for Speaker
NEW DELHI: As the curtains came down on the 14th Lok Sabha on Thursday, parliamentarians seemed to have put the rancour and bitterness of the past behind them.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a statement, paid compliments to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani. Mr. Advani wished the Prime Minister an early recovery and Mr. Chatterjee put on record his appreciation of the leaders of all political parties.
The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die by the Speaker, but he put on record his dismay at the alarming trend of disruptions and adjournments and “the politics of intense of confrontation” which cost the House about 24 per cent of its time.
Though the Prime Minister — convalescing after a heart surgery — could not attend the last sitting, he described the 14th Lok Sabha as “unique” in several respects. His statement read out by the Leader of the House and External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, said the country experienced some of its best times during the last five years as it became the second fastest growing economy in the world.
“It also witnessed some very challenging times when the global rise in oil prices led to a spiral of price rise in commodities, resulting in higher inflation which we brought under control through prudent economic policy.” The Prime Minister assured the House that India would emerge the least affected from the current crisis.
Lauding the Speaker’s contribution in upholding the dignity of the high office in trying times, the Prime Minister said: “You stood like a rock to defend our best Parliamentary traditions and, in doing so, have raised the bar for those to follow.”
In an oblique reference to Mr. Chatterjee’s expulsion from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Dr. Singh said the Speaker’s sagacity prevailed on occasions when he had to take a call between defending Parliamentary propriety and heeding the demands of the organisation, which he spent a lifetime building.
Acknowledging the “constructive” attitude of Mr. Advani, the Prime Minister said he had always been helpful in collectively addressing national challenges in spite of occasional disagreements.
He named the Right to Information Act, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act and the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act as a few of the many “path-breaking, radical, social and economic legislation” enacted during the UPA government’s term.
Source: the Hindu
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It is curtains for 14th Lok Sabha, praise for Speaker
NEW DELHI: As the curtains came down on the 14th Lok Sabha on Thursday, parliamentarians seemed to have put the rancour and bitterness of the past behind them.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in a statement, paid compliments to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani. Mr. Advani wished the Prime Minister an early recovery and Mr. Chatterjee put on record his appreciation of the leaders of all political parties.
The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die by the Speaker, but he put on record his dismay at the alarming trend of disruptions and adjournments and “the politics of intense of confrontation” which cost the House about 24 per cent of its time.
Though the Prime Minister — convalescing after a heart surgery — could not attend the last sitting, he described the 14th Lok Sabha as “unique” in several respects. His statement read out by the Leader of the House and External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, said the country experienced some of its best times during the last five years as it became the second fastest growing economy in the world.
“It also witnessed some very challenging times when the global rise in oil prices led to a spiral of price rise in commodities, resulting in higher inflation which we brought under control through prudent economic policy.” The Prime Minister assured the House that India would emerge the least affected from the current crisis.
Lauding the Speaker’s contribution in upholding the dignity of the high office in trying times, the Prime Minister said: “You stood like a rock to defend our best Parliamentary traditions and, in doing so, have raised the bar for those to follow.”
In an oblique reference to Mr. Chatterjee’s expulsion from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Dr. Singh said the Speaker’s sagacity prevailed on occasions when he had to take a call between defending Parliamentary propriety and heeding the demands of the organisation, which he spent a lifetime building.
Acknowledging the “constructive” attitude of Mr. Advani, the Prime Minister said he had always been helpful in collectively addressing national challenges in spite of occasional disagreements.
He named the Right to Information Act, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act and the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act as a few of the many “path-breaking, radical, social and economic legislation” enacted during the UPA government’s term.
Source: the Hindu
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