Venkaiah Naidu urges govt, opposition to collectively resolve stalemate in Parliament

With the Parliament logjam continuing for the 10th working day, Rajya Sabah Chairman Venkaiah Naidu urged the government and the opposition to find a way out to resolve the issue. In a meeting, the government expressed its willingness to discuss the farm laws but did not agree to the opposition demand for a debate on the “national security issue” related to Pegasus snooping.

Sources said Naidu asked both sides to “collectively resolve the stalemate”. On Monday evening, he held a meeting with defence minister Rajnath Singh, home minister Amit Shah, parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi and leader of Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal. After the RS was adjourned till noon on Tuesday, Naidu discussed the logjam with leader of the opposition Mallikarjun Kharge. Though the government has managed to pass a few bills amid din, the opposition has stuck to its stand that Pegasus be discussed first.

Meanwhile, in the Business Advisory Committee meeting of the RS, the government and opposition agreed to take up seven bills in the coming week and allotted 17 hours to discuss them. In the meeting, Naidu again appealed to all sides to enable normal functioning of the House, sources said.


The Tribunals Reforms Bill, Airports Regulation Authority Bill, General Insurance Nationalisation (Amendment) Bill, Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Bill, Deposits Insurance Bill, among others, will be discussed in the RS in the coming days. It was also agreed to take up the notice given by Binoy Viswam (CPI) and MVS Kumar (LJD) for annulling the recently issued IT rules.