All bills passed after a motion of no confidence is admitted are constitutionally questionable: Manish Tiwari
On Sunday, MP Manish Tewari declared that all bills passed after the motion of no confidence was passed in the Lok Sabha were “constitutionally questionable” and asserted that any Any substantive legislative issue must follow the motion’s outcome, not precede it.
The former Union minister also said the 10-day period to schedule discussion on the no-confidence motion introduced in Lok Sabha could not be used to “overturn” bills.
MP Lok Sabha’s assertion comes as a bill to replace the Delhi Services Ordinance is about to be introduced before the House of Commons this week.
In an interview with PTI, Mr Tewari said that once a motion of no confidence is submitted to the Lok Sabha, any law or material matter brought before the House of Commons is “totally unethical”. virtues, property, and conventions of parliament”.
He asserted that the legitimacy of all statutes passed in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha after accepting a motion of no confidence should be reviewed by the court to determine if they were passed lawfully. law or not. All legislative activity handled after the motion of no confidence was launched, he said, was “constitutionally questionable”.
Regarding the BJP’s comparison of the 2018 no-confidence movement against the Narendra Modi government and the huge task they won in the 2019 election to the current scenario, Mr. Tewari said: “If history repeats itself, once, it’s a tragedy and if it happens twice, it’s a farce.”
A motion of no confidence by the Parliament on behalf of the Indian coalition opposition against the government was passed in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, as the anti-BJP bloc coordinated efforts to force Prime Minister Narendra Modi to spoke out on the controversial Manipur issue in Parliament.
When asked about the zeros for the Indian National Alliance for Inclusive Development (INDIA) for the no-confidence movement, Mr Tewari said it was not about numbers but about ethics.
What happened in Manipur and what continues to happen there is absolutely deplorable. There is a BJP government in the state, there is a BJP government in the Center. Therefore, someone has to be held accountable,” Tewari told PTI.
He said the opposition expected the prime minister to issue a suo motu statement before both houses of parliament about the “extremely critical situation” in Manipur and that there would be a discussion after that statement.
In my view, any legislation, significant or not, should follow the outcome of a motion of no confidence and not precede it,” the MP said.
As for the fact that disrupting instead of debate has become the norm, Mr Tewari said that while disruption is a legitimate parliamentary tactic, the responsibility for running Parliament rests entirely with the government.
The doctrine of disruption as a legitimate parliamentary tactic was not invented by Congress but by Arun Jaitely of the BJP when he was leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
