Parliament works for 18 hours from 107 in 2 weeks

New Delhi: When the deadlock over Pegasus controversy continued in parliament, the two houses headed to the less productive zone in terms of business with more than 85% of the work hours were wasted in the first two weeks of the session.
From the possibility of 107 hours in the past two weeks, Parliament has functions for only 18 hours, wasting 89 hours due to sustainable disorders due to deadlock at the request of opposition for discussion and investigation into Pegasus’s affair.
According to government sources, more than RS 133 Crore has been wasted so far in the process with not many signs of breakthrough because the opposition remains firm in the debate about a subject whose government considers “not a problem”.
Since the Monsun session began on July 19, Lok Sabha has functions for about seven hours maybe 54.
Rajya Sabha has functions for 11 hours from the possibility of 53.
The opposition parties have explained that they will allow an unbroken process only if the government recognizes its request for Hold a debate about Pegasus controversy.
However, the government has maintained that debate about problems such as the Covid-19 crisis is more important and that Pegasus controversy is “hypothesis” and “non-problems”.
Minister of Parliament Minister Prahlad Joshi also said that opposition parties could seek more details about Pegasus controversy from IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Lok Sabha has passed five bills so far and the total time spent discussing this bill is only 44 minutes.
Rajya Sabha has so far passed three bills in this session and the total time spent was a little more than an hour.
In contrast to the ongoing deadlock, this year’s budget session has witnessed productivity records even as a few early days influenced by interference.
Lok Sabha’s productivity is 110%, while 90% for Rajya Sabha.