Friday, Mar 29 2024 | Time 20:09 Hrs(IST)
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Parliament


The Chairman said that during the entire Budget session, all the members did was to discuss and adopt the motion of Thanks to the President for his address to both the houses at the start of this session and the Union Budget 2018-19.
He said that the best performance during the second half of the session was the three hour 37 minute farewell to the retiring members on March 28.
Noting with concern that the House of elders had failed to fulfill its responsibilities towards the people, Mr Naidu said, ''This august House is a council of states providing for articulation of the concerns of the constituent states. This is a primary source of the business agenda for the consideration of the House. But the House also has deliberative and legislative functions which are also important drivers of the agenda of the House. The House of elders is required to synthesise all these agendas so that a national agenda and a national perspective is evolved. We had all the time in the world to discuss all such agendas but we did not do it. Instead of integrating all such concerns and discuss them one after the other, we worked as cross purposes. In the process, we let down the nation, the states and the people.’’
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