New Delhi: The Opposition on Sunday staged a walkout from the all-party meeting ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, protesting the invitation extended to 20 rebel MPs whose disqualification petitions are still pending before the Speaker.
Speaking after the meeting, TMC MP Mahua Moitra questioned the government’s decision, saying that parties including the Congress, Samajwadi Party, DMK, JMM, AAP, National Conference, Left parties, and Shiv Sena (UBT) walked out in protest.
Moitra alleged that the Parliamentary Affairs Minister invited 20 rebel MPs despite their disqualification cases remaining unresolved. She also questioned why the TMC’s strength was being shown as 28, claiming that the merger involving the rebel legislators had not yet been approved and that the 91st Constitutional Amendment leaves no scope for forming a separate legislative block under such circumstances.
She said the Opposition had registered its strong protest and maintained that Parliamentary proceedings must uphold constitutional rules and established procedures, not political manoeuvring.
