The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) urged President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday to advise the Narendra Modi government to introduce “Adani Act” because there was only ‘crony capitalism’ in the country now. The BRS and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had previously boycotted the President’s maiden address to a joint sitting of both Houses of the Parliament on Tuesday ahead of the Budget Session.
During President Murmu’s address, sixteen BRS MPs and 10 AAP MPs stood out of the Parliament House.
“We heard the President’s address today, but issues like unemployment, education, health or inflation were not included in it. I suggest to the President to advise the Prime Minister to bring an act called the ‘Adani Act’ as there is only crony capitalism now,” BRS Parliamentary Party leader K Keshava Rao said while speaking to the media in Delhi.
Keshava Rao lashed out at the Centre, claiming that the BJP-led government had failed in all areas of development and governance. He claimed that the Centre had done nothing for Telangana or the country in the previous eight years. “We want to focus on issues of concern so that the debate will go on the right path,” he said.
He argued that the boycott of the President’s address by the BRS and the AAP was absolutely a “democratic and demonstrative” one. He asserted that they were not against the President and that their boycott was a protest against the Centre’s ‘failures’. He questioned whether opposition parties were not allowed to criticise the ruling party’s shortcomings.
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“We have respect for the President like everyone. We are not against her, but only want to highlight through democratic protest the governance failures of the NDA government,” he said, adding that the union government was abusing the Governors system and attempting to interfere in the affairs of states such as Telangana, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, among others.
Lok Sabha floor leader Nama Nageshwara Rao said that despite the BRS specifically raising issues including women’s reservation bill and agricultural issues, there was no mention of it in the President’s address. He stated that the Centre had made no mention of the Minimum Support Price for crops and had not even withdrawn the cases filed against farmers during protests against contentious farm laws.
“Dr BR Ambedkar’s name was mentioned in the President’s speech three or four times. But our demand to name the new Parliament building after him, has not been approved,” he added.
He stated that the BJP was replicating Telangana’s schemes for the development of the country, but was trying to disrupt development in the State.
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