As many as seven Opposition parties on Tuesday sought President Ram Nath Kovind’s intervention into the Pegasus issue and controversial farm laws. The parties, except Congress, have urged the President to “uphold the dignity of the Constitution of India’.
According to reports, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M), Communist Party of India and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) wrote to the President.
These parties have sought time from the President to apprise him on the Pegasus issue and demand for repealing of farms laws. They have also urged him to direct the Central government to discuss both issues during the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament.
While speaking to media, NCP’s Supriya Sule confirmed that the Opposition parties sans Congress have written to President Kovind seeking his intervention “to uphold the dignity of the Constitution of India and parliamentary rules and procedures”.
Earlier in the day, Congress hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the government is not interested in a meaningful debate and it has yet to accept the party’s demand for discussion and a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the alleged Pegasus project issue.
Congress’ response came after PM Modi accused the grand old party of not allowing the Parliament to function.
Addressing the media outside Parliament, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjuna Kharge along with several opposition leaders, said, “Yesterday also I said the same thing and today all the opposition members raised the issue of Pegasus and the farmers in Parliament. But the government is not ready to discuss these issues.”
Kharge said that the opposition wants issues to be discussed and “a Supreme Court-monitored enquiry should be ordered so that the truth comes out”.
He said that in other countries like France, Israel, Germany and Hungary, a probe has been ordered. “I am surprised why the government is not ready for an enquiry over the same,” he added
