In an unprecedented move, both Centre and State Governments (where Assembly session is due) are opting to do away with “Question Hour” using the curtailed Monsoon Session Of legislatures. The term’ Pandemic ‘ has now become a convenient excuse to use it, the moment Governments face anything unpalatable to deal with. As such this monsoon session now in legislatures, (state&Central), is very important, as we are passing through a serious and difficult situation wherein, it’s required to draw the attention of the governments on issues of Migrant crisis, Unemployment crisis, Economic slide to unprecedented negative levels, authentic information on Chinese incursions, and GST compensation, etc, which are all burning issues being faced by the country. Surprisingly the ‘pandemic’ is not coming in their ways for laying foundation stones, Demolition/building secretariat, etc. Given the current Pandemic, a short session could be right, but it could have been planned better, by allowing select issues, and short times, etc, but resorting to a total suspension of Question Hour is nothing but autocratic, and atrocious, it’s just a bulldozing mechanism. The Governments Of the day shouldn’t take the law into their hands just because they have a brute majority.
Specifically, when it comes to Loksabha, No Question Hour, No press conferences, No audit of PM-CARES, no transparency in governance,-overall no democracy seems to be the rule, but I'm surprised to note and find, that the present dispensation always make it point to remind us about Emergency regime day in day out. It appears COVID Pandemic is being confidently used as an excuse to coverup failures like GDP contraction, reimbursement of GST dues, etc. Furthermore, in MP the government was successful in toppling, while in Rajasthan, it was tried but failed, during the period of lockdown, all this would have been raised, had there been the Question Hour, this could be one of the important reasons in doing away with the Question Hour, is all that people think.
The step is a blatant attempt to curb the voice of members which amounts massacre of the democratic rights of the people and their representatives.
