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      Congress And BJP Equally Guilty Of Disrupting Parliament When In Opposition

      By - A Staff Writer |
      Published -  17 Aug 2015 12:47 PM IST
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      Parliament Opposition

      The recently concluded monsoon session of the Parliament was unique for one reason. Members of both the Ruling dispensation & the Opposition came onto the roads to protest against one another.

      While the BJP accused the Congress of being an obstructionist party, data compiled by the Lok Sabha Secretariat suggests that both the parties are equally guilty of disrupting the proceedings of the house when they were in the Opposition.

      The recently concluded monsoon session of the Parliament was unique for one reason. Members of both the Ruling dispensation & the Opposition came onto the roads to protest against one another. Valuable time was lost in both the houses without any major business. The BJP has accused the Congress of being an obstructionist party. But data suggests that no matter who is in the Opposition, percentage of Time Lost due to due to Interruptions/ Adjournments has been on the rise since 1991.

      Who was in Power & in the Opposition?

      Since 1991, there have been seven different Lok Sabhas (including the current one), from the 10th Lok Sabha to the 16thLok Sabha. The Congress led alliance was in power during three of these Lok Sabhas (10th, 14th & 15th) , while the BJP led alliance was in power during another three Lok Sabhas (12th, 13th & 16th). The United Front was in power during the 11th Lok Sabha (1996-98) with the outside support of Congress. The BJP was in the opposition during four of these Lok Sabhas and the Congress was in the opposition in the remaining three.

      Lok SabhaYearsRuling Party/ AllianceParty/Alliance in Opposition
      10th1991-96congress-party-symbolbjp-party-symbol
      11th1996-98United Front (With outside support of Congress)bjp-party-symbol
      12th1998-99bjp-party-symbolcongress-party-symbol
      13th1999-04bjp-party-symbolcongress-party-symbol
      14th2004-09congress-party-symbolbjp-party-symbol
      15th2009-14congress-party-symbolbjp-party-symbol
      16th2014-19bjp-party-symbolcongress-party-symbol

      Time Lost due to Interruptions/ Adjournments

      Data compiled by the Lok Sabha Secretariat suggests that more than 10% of the total time was lost on each of the Lok Sabhas except during the 11th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha (till date). The record for the most time lost is during the 15th Lok Sabha where 40% of the total time was lost due to Interruptions & Adjournments. This was when the BJP was in the Opposition & the Congress was the ruling party. Close to 10% of the time was lost during the 10th Lok Sabha and more than 5% of the time was lost during the 11th Lok Sabha. This went up to 10.7% during the 12th Lok Sabha. And since then, the percentage of time lost has been on the rise consistently.

      Lok SabhaYearsTime of Actual Sitting(in Hours)Time Lost due to Interruptions/ Adjournments (in Hours)%of Time lost due to Interruptions/ AdjournmentsRuling Party/ AllianceParty/Alliance in Opposition
      10th1991-962527.9279.49.95%INCBJP
      11th1996-98813.645.35.28%United FrontBJP
      12th1998-99574.968.610.66%BJPINC
      13th1999-041945.7454.618.94%BJPINC
      14th2004-091736.9423.019.58%INCBJP
      15th2009-141344.6891.939.88%INCBJP
      16th (Till the Monsoon Session of Aug, 2015)2014-19610.758.78.77%BJPINC

      Percentage of time lost during various Lok Sabhas - Parliament Disruption India

      Time of actual sitting vs time lost in lok sabha - Parliament Disruption India

      No Moral High ground

      From the data, it is clear that none of the two major national parties can claim a moral high ground when it comes to disrupting the Parliament. Both the parties are equally guilty of disrupting the Parliament when they were in the Opposition.

      This article has been republished from factly.in.

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      Bhartiya Janata PartyLok SabhaOppositionParliamentRajya SabhaBJPIndian National Congress (INC)
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