New Delhi: On the last day of the first leg of Parliament session, the government successfully got the Mines and Minerals Bill passed in Rajya Sabha on Friday. Rejecting the demand of the Opposition parties, Rajya Sabha refused to allow the motion to send the Mines Bill to the select committee. The Bill will now be sent to the Lok Sabha for consideration.
Trinamool Congress, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Biju Janata Dal (BJD) voted for Mines Bill in the upper House of Parliament. Only the Congress and Left opposed the passage of the Bill.
The Opposition had on Thursday forced deferment of consideration of the contentious Mines and Minerals Bill in Rajya Sabha arguing that mineral-bearing states had not been consulted. The House saw four adjournments of brief spells in quick succession after members from Congress and Left, opposing taking up of discussion on Mines and Minerals Bill, created uproar.
Congress members had on Thursday stormed into the Well of the House amid demands that the Mines and Minerals Bill be again sent to the Select Committee which scrutinised the proposed legislation and presented its report to the House on Wednesday.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu had said that if the House fails to take up the pending bills on Friday which is the last day of the first part of the Budget session, the session will have to be extended. Asking the members to understand the difficulties of the government, he had told them that if some amendments are made in the Bill, it will have to go back to Lok Sabha.
CPI(M)leader P Rajeeve had tried to move a motion seeking re-sending of the bill to the Select Committee on the ground that mineral-bearing states were not consulted and the spirit of democracy and federalism was not followed since mines and minerals are under state subject.
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