BJP and Congress Representatives Clash Over Parliament Agenda and Vote Theft Claims

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On this Special Report, the focus is on the heated exchange between government and opposition representatives regarding the functioning of Parliament. The BJP representative dismissed allegations of 'vote theft' by citing historical election data, stating, 'It is like a person who is just sitting on underwear and banyan and he is saying, "Oh, my costly clothes have been stolen."' The Congress spokesperson countered by raising concerns about the alleged addition and deletion of lakhs of votes in Maharashtra and Bihar. The programme explores the political dynamics, the demand for electoral reforms, and the trust deficit between the two sides.

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00:00Sudhanshu Trivedi, you all are first of all cutting short the session.

00:04Then on top of it, you are, no, no, one minute Sudhanshu now, you are saying that we cannot

00:08discuss the election commission. But the truth of the matter is when, when outside parliament,

00:13you are more than happy to defend the election commission when the vote chori allegations are

00:17made. Better to do it inside parliament. Settle these issues inside parliament. Parliament is

00:21the ultimate forum for debate. You did not discuss the Chinese intrusion citing national security.

00:27It took you a long time to eventually discuss Manipur. You are reluctant to discuss COVID

00:33management. The general sense, according to the opposition is the government is running

00:37away from real issues. You do not want to, you only want to discuss issues that fit in

00:42with your political agenda. Now that is not the way parliament can run. Then you might

00:46as well have a notice board where only government decides the agenda of parliament. Forget the

00:51opposition.

00:56I would like to give you a very clear cut substantive example. They are talking about the so called

01:03vote chori. The recently concluded Bihar election. Rajdeepji, I would like to remind in 2010, 15 years

01:10back, Congress contested Bihar election. You know how many seats they got? Four. Percentage

01:16of votes, six point four percent. Lost their security deposited in 231 out of 243. Again,

01:23I will repeat. They lost security deposit in 231 out of 243. Won four seats with six point four

01:29percent of vote. It's like a person who is just sitting on underwear and banyan and he is saying,

01:39Oh, my costly clothes have been stolen. You are having nothing. I challenge since last 35 years.

01:46Any time Congress has got even within 1990 when they got 71 seats and lost security deposit in one

01:53hundred. Sir, but you can say all of this inside parliament. Sir, if you can come on TV,

01:58sir, if you can come on TV, you can say this in parliament. Sir,

02:02you can say this in parliament, what you are telling me on a TV show. Why can't you debate this

02:07inside parliament like you are debating on a TV studio? I am saying this. I am saying this.

02:13A bankrupt person is saying my wealth has been, millions of rupees has been stolen. This is drama.

02:20When this is available, clear cut since 35 years, they are unable to have anything in UPNBR. Still,

02:26they are saying that has been stolen. This is drama. Second thing I would like to remind.

02:31He is talking about such a respect for parliament. It is the highest decision-making body. And after

02:37every judgment, decision, they go to Supreme Court. On work board, before it has been signed by

02:42president, they went to Supreme Court. Okay, this is your right. But on CA, your state assemblies have

02:48passed a resolution that they will not accept CA. Is the constitution not in danger? That how can a

02:54state assembly pass a resolution against act duly passed by the parliament of India? And how it was

03:00drama? Rajdeep Ji, five years have passed after CA. I challenge Nasir Sahib, quote, the five

03:07Muslims who have lost their citizenship because of CA. This was the farce which has been created to

03:14But you also took years to notify CA, sir. Sir, the center took years to notify CA.

03:23Ji, ji.

03:26CA has already been, and one more thing. They were saying two years back, EVM has been hacked.

03:32Can I come in, please?

03:33And EVM is hacked in such a manner that whatever button you push and it goes to Lotus.

03:39Now they are taken out of their allegations from EVM. It means they are accepting that their

03:47investigation and EVM was false. You have to say a joke or you have to say a joke.

03:52In fact, they have to say a joke. Now it's a drama.

03:54Now it's a drama.

03:56And in the last minute, I'm going to say a little bit on the lighter note, Rajdeep Ji.

03:58Who will become a millionaire?

04:01There are four options.

04:03If there is any election, then you have to give four options.

04:06After the defeat, Congress will give the blame to whom?

04:10Number one, the mis-utilization of the administration. Number two, EVM. Number three, election commission.

04:17Number four, the electoral rolls. They will never introspect themselves.

04:24And I also, Nasir Sahib, we had a shivir of MPs. Everybody has seen the photograph of Prime Minister sitting on the last bench.

04:32And he asked every MP to speak. Then cluster-wise also happened.

04:36So what does that have to do with Parliament, sir?

04:51No, no, no. Mr. Hussain, Mr. Hussain, I want you to come in.

04:57Sir, that's the case. Sudhan Shunji, that's why the best thing would be the Prime Minister attends

05:03Parliament regularly, allows MPs to speak from both sides. That's how Parliament democracies are now.

05:08That's what Jawala Nehru used to do. He would regularly attend Parliament.

05:12Now we've got a situation where there seems so much of a trust deficit.

05:16As you said, the opposition only attacks Prime Minister Modi.

05:21The BJP benches, on the other hand, do not tolerate any dissent.

05:25So you've got a complete breakdown. That's the problem, sir.

05:28No, no, no. No, no. The problem is, Rajdeep ji, I have said there is a complete serious competition.

05:37That's why they have not selected. Sir, let him complete.

05:42That's why they have not elected any of the India Alliance leader in any of the House.

05:46I challenge Sansa, who is the leader of India Alliance in Rajasabha and who is the leader of India Alliance in Lokasabha.

05:53No, because the Alliance is only for politics and within the Alliance there is a competitive politics.

05:59Otherwise you tell me who is the designated leader of, like we are having designated leader of NDA.

06:05But have you have any designated leader of India Alliance or your so-called India Alliance?

06:08Sir, I presume Malikarjun and Rahul Gandhi are that, but I'll allow Nasir Hussain to respond.

06:18Nasir Hussain, according to Sudhanshu Trivedi, he's saying the opposition Alliance itself is a house divided.

06:23And therefore there's constant one-upmanship within the opposition.

06:26Parliament becomes a forum for each of the opposition party to say,

06:30I think Sudhanshu is talking everything else other than the other than the agenda for the debate today.

06:46I think whether the parliamentary in parliamentary democracy, especially in this session and this government,

06:53whether they are taking up taking up the issues that have been raised by the opposition or not,

06:57he's going to everything else other than this.

06:59See, point number, you are speaking so much about SIR.

07:02I just want to see.

07:03See, 50-55-60 lakh quarts are added in Maharashtra, 65 lakh quarts are deleted in Bihar, 25 lakh quarts are deleted in Haryana.

07:14First of all, I don't know that EC can only do an intensive revision only of part of one constituency

07:25or otherwise only one constituency according to Section 21-3 of ROPA.

07:30They don't have the power to do SIR in the entire country and this question is still pending in the Supreme Court.

07:36Point number one. Point number two, putting 10,000 rupees in the account of one and half crore women

07:43put 10,000 rupees in the bank accounts of one and half crore voters.

07:59Is this not vote kharidi? Is this not bribery? Shouldn't this be discussed in the parliament?

08:04Shouldn't this be a part of the electoral reform that we are proposing?

08:09So if every government, incumbent government in the state or in the centre start putting amount in the accounts of the voters,

08:18then they are bound to win the election. That is one part. And then we have in press conference after press conference,

08:24we have clearly said how election commission has mismanaged the electoral rolls. Oh, TK, let us not accuse the election commission.

08:31Let us say there have been lacunists and anomalies in the way they are functioning. But shouldn't that be discussed in the parliament?

08:38Why is the government... Sir, you have been accusing the election commission.

08:41You have been directly accusing the election commission. Nasser Hussain, you all have been saying

08:45we have been accusing the election commission. Radhe, Radhe, Radhe, please allow me to speak.

08:53You give so much of time to Sudan Chu. See, we have been accusing. For a second, let me say,

09:00let us not accuse the election commission. Don't you think there should be discussion

09:04on electoral reforms after 75 years, for which we are raising .0. He spoke about opposition parties

09:11going to courts after it has been passed and assent given by the president. I think he is a

09:16student of history. He is not a student of political science. He should understand there is something

09:21called separation of powers in our parliamentary democracy. There is something about checks and

09:28balances and balances and separation of powers. If you think the law that has been passed by the

09:33parliament is not in tune with the constitution or unconstitutional or undemocratic, you have a

09:39right to go to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court can stack it down. This is a part of,

09:44this is a part and parcel of our parliamentary democracy. Everyone has a right to go to the

09:48court. Okay. He doesn't understand that. And then, don't you think, don't you think air pollution

09:54should be discussed? Sir, sir, can I just… Just one, just one second, Rathip, one second,

09:59Rathip, one second. He is, see, don't you think air pollution should be, should be discussed?

10:05How many have died in Delhi now? Don't you think national security needs to be discussed

10:10after the bomb blast in Delhi? Don't you think there are so many issues, Yuri,

10:14Pahlkam, Pulwama, now Delhi blast, and nobody has been held accountable so far? Shushil Kumar,

10:20Sunde and Velasru Doshmik resigned after the incident in Mumbai. Now, who has to be held responsible

10:25for this? Don't you think that we need to discuss this in the parliament? Okay, can I…

10:30If you don't discuss issues of trans magnitude in the parliament, what else can you discuss?

10:35Sir, I'll take both… Okay.

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