The people of India have been habituated reading the news of disruptions in the both houses almost everyday during the session in Parliament. The same story is being repeated in this monsoon session also. The political furore over the Indo-US nuclear deal overshadowed the regular house business in parliament in this session.

Under the speculations of possibility of mid-term elections in the country, the monsoon session of Parliament was called off on Monday, four days ahead of schedule.

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha took the decision to adjourn Parliament sine die when the government and NDA were rigid to their positions on the matter of JPC on Nuclear deal. It could be possibly one of the last sessions of the 14th Lok Sabha.

The NDA registered their unstoppable protest against the constitution of the UPA-Left committee on the nuke deal by terming the UPA-left panel as the exercise like a family matter.

NDA asked to form a Joint parliamentary committee to scrutinize the deal but the UPA government rejected the demand that led to the repeated disruptions in the house over the past few days.

The monsoon session had commenced on August 10 but the Lok Sabha lost as many as 41 working hours and Rajya Sabha 42 working hours. The reason behind the loss of the time in both the houses was the disruption of proceedings because of the government-opposition scuffle on the matter of JPC.

The worst part of the whole story is that even question hours could not be taken up by the Lok Sabha on eight days and Rajya Sabha on seven days.

Announcing the adjournment, an emotional Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chaterjee blamed the members of house for their unremitting unmanageable behavior.

He said:

I am disturbed; I’m unhappy, sorry and concerned. It was extremely upsetting that the highest public forum in this country has almost come to a standstill which has raised questions about the utility of nation’s Parliamentary democracy and about its future. 42 hours of business were lost due to interruptions and forced adjournments in parliament.

According to the report, there have been six disruptions in the Lok Sabha and 54 in the Rajya Sabha in this monsoon session. The cost of per minute spent on parliament when in session is Rs 34,500. The cost of per hour goes to Rs 20. 7 lakh and the cost of the whole day goes to Rs 1.55 crore.

In this monsoon session, the Lok Sabha lost 42 hours, the Rajya Sabha 41 hours that were worth of Rs 18 crore. The nation has been lost Rs 18 crore and gained nothing because of the rude behavior of our honorable people’s representatives. The scuffle between between he government and the Opposition is factually draining the exchequer of lakhs and crores per session.

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