Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi said that everyone except TMC's Derek O'Brien agreed to scrap Question Hour in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the upcoming monsoon session will not have question hour and private member's business in both the houses of the parliament once the monsoon session commences from September 14. However, the issue has become a new flashpoint between the government and the opposition parties.
Congress MP Shakti Singh Gohil reacts to no question hour and no zero hour in Parliament. He calls it a " murder of democracy".
The Monsoon Session of Parliament will not have question hour and private members' business. However, zero hour and other proceedings will be held as per schedule.
High absenteeism among Rajya Sabha members despite listing of starred questions invited the ire of Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday, who described it as a "sorry state of affairs".
Prime Minster Narendra Modi is learnt to have expressed displeasure over the absence of some Cabinet ministers during Question Hour, sources in the government said on Thursday.
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