Wednesday, February 19th, 2025

Parliament Session: 84 crore Swaha! How much work and how much loss in 20 days of winter session, complete details

New Delhi: The winter session of Parliament ended amid uproar on Friday. There was a good debate on the Constitution in this session. Two important bills were also introduced. One bill was about holding simultaneous elections. But the political dispute increased over the alleged insult to BR Ambedkar. Because of this, the end of the session remained bitter. Tension remained between the ruling NDA and the opposition parties on the last day of the session. Bitterness had increased between both the sides after the heated debate on Thursday. Due to this, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had to adjourn the proceedings of the House within three minutes. Even the summary discussion at the end of the session could not take place. The situation in the Rajya Sabha was also not much better. Opposition parties were continuously protesting against Home Minister Amit Shah’s alleged insult to Ambedkar. However, he/she allowed Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to read his/her farewell speech. After this the Rajya Sabha was also adjourned indefinitely.

Productivity in Lok Sabha 58 percent

According to the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the productivity of the House was about 58 percent. This is much less than the days when it used to be 100 percent or even more. In his/her concluding remarks, Jagdeep Dhankhar called upon all parties to rise above political differences and restore parliamentary decorum. Amid opposition allegations that he/she has often been biased, he/she has adopted a balanced stance. Dhankhar said the House effectively worked for only 43 hours and 27 minutes in the winter session that began on November 25. The productivity of this session was only 40.03 percent.

At a press conference, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju placed the blame on the opposition, especially the Congress. he/she said that despite the prior agreement, productivity remained low due to continuous protests by the opposition. It was agreed upon to run the Parliament smoothly. Rijiju said that all parties should consider this worrying situation. Being the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, he/she will continue talks with the opposition leaders.

Five bills introduced in Lok Sabha, three in Rajya Sabha

During this session, five bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha, out of which four were passed. Rajya Sabha passed three bills. A special session was also organized in ‘Samvidhan Sadan’ on the occasion of Constitution Day on 26th November. This session shows the importance of the Indian Constitution. In this session the achievements and challenges of the Constitution were discussed.

Important issues like holding simultaneous elections were also discussed in this session. The purpose of this bill is to hold elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies simultaneously. This will save time and resources. However, not all parties have the same opinion on this bill. Some parties supported it, while some opposed it.

Ruckus in Parliament, 84 crores spent

The estimated loss due to absence of work in the winter session of Parliament for 20 days is Rs 84 crore. This is the money which is collected from our taxes. About Rs 2.50 lakh is spent per minute on Parliament proceedings. There are ruckus, protests and obstructions in the functioning of the Parliament sessions. Very little work has been done in the recent session of Parliament. Only 61 hours 55 minutes of work was done in Lok Sabha and 43 hours 39 minutes in Rajya Sabha. This is a very short period of time and means that issues important to the public could not be adequately discussed in Parliament.

Share on:

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *