Sir,
The monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 18 is set to witness fierce battle between the NDA Government led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a number of key policies including labour issues, especially the centre’s bid for privatization of the public sector companies including the banks. The coming election battle has surcharged the atmosphere and in all probability, the opposition led by the Congress, will make the normal functioning of the Parliament difficult due to their strong opposition to some of the bills to be put for discussions in the two houses.
There are thirteen bills listed for Parliament’s monsoon session. Apart, there are six ordinances which will be replaced in the form of bills. Among the pending bills, there are three bills of immediate interests to the trade unions of the country. These are the Code of Wages Bill, the Factories (Amendment) Bill and the Contract Labour (Amendment) Bill. Also among the ordinances to be tabled, the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance are of special interests to the trade unions.
At the political level, the Congress and the opposition parties, especially the Left, will challenge the centre and the BJP led State Governments for their gross failure in maintaining law and order and in protecting the minorities. The utterances of the senior BJP leaders are leading to hate campaign and have led to large number of incidents of communal violence. The opposition is expected to launch fierce attack on the centre and especially the BJP as a party for its indulgence to the vigilante groups of the Sangh Parivar who are taking the law into their own hands and disturbing communal peace and harmony.
Nitya Chakraborty
New Delhi
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