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Concern over child's rape, 2G and coal stall
parliament
Monday April 22, 2013 05:13:02 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The first
day of parliament after a month-long recess opened on a note of
discord Monday with concerns over the rape of a five-year-old
along with issues like irregularities in coal allocation and the
draft JPC report on 2G spectrum disrupting both houses repeatedly.
While the Lok Sabha was adjourned till Tuesday, the Rajya Sabha
was adjourned several times till 2 p.m. after which it took up the
debate of the rape and torture of a five-year-old girl in an east
Delhi colony.
As protests spread over the rape of the child, who is recovering
from her grievous injuries at the All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), BSP leader Mayawati said in the upper house:
"Cases of rape and violence against women are on the rise all over
the country. There is a need to rise above party politics and act
to stop it."
Participating in the discussion on security for women, she added:
"We passed a tough law in the first half of the budget session,
but law needs to be further amended and made tougher. A time frame
should be fixed for the trial of such cases, and the criminals
involved in such crimes should get the death sentence."
BJP member Maya Singh also echoed the call for death sentence.
Referring to remarks of Congress president Sonia Gandhi in which
she called for action to stop such incidents, Maya Singh said
women were feeling unsafe in the country.
"Who is in power? Who will take the steps?" she asked, demanding
that the anti-rape bill should be made more tough.
"There should be tough action," she said, and called for immediate
death penalty to culprits of brutal rapes against children.
In the Lok Sabha, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde table a
statement.
"The joint CP (commissioner of police) (vigilance) has been asked
to conduct an inquiry. The joint CP (vigilance) shall also inquire
into the allegation that the local police paid some money to the
father of the victim to hush up the case," Shinde said in the
statement.
But the opposition was in little mood to listen.
There was a din as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members demanded
Shinde's resignation over the issue and the Lok Sabha was
adjourned for the day after several disruptions.
Recalling the Dec 16 gang-rape incident, the speaker had said
earlier in the day: "Law alone cannot, however, prevent such
incidents. A change in attitude of people and society only will
check such inhuman crimes against children and women. I am sure
the house would join me in condemning this barbaric incident and
praying to god for the speedy recovery of the child."
The heckling of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here
and the issue of a separate state of Telangana were amongst the
other issues that were taken up earlier.
In the Rajya Sabha, the morning started with Chairman Hamid Ansari
admitting AIADMK leader V. Maitreyan's notice on the CBI's role in
the coal block allocation scam.
Ansari said Maitreyan's notice was accepted as it came first, but
the other members refused to be pacified. This led to the house
being stalled repeatedly and members argued whether question hour
should be adjourned for the discussion.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said the debate should
be taken up later but opposition members did not agree.
Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley demanded that Law Minister
Ashwini Kumar make a suo motu statement on the allegations of
interference in the CBI report on coal block allocation.
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla
responded by saying he would have to ask the minister whether he
would be able to make a statement.
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