Parliament braces for stormy monsoon session
New Delhi, July 20: With the Congress insisting on the resignation of "scam-tainted" ministers and the government refusing to buckle on Monday, the monsoon session of parliament that starts on Tuesday is most likely to be stormy.
To add to the government's woes, opposition parties also appear to be in no mood to compromise vis-a-vis the controversial land bill on which Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called for a national consensus.
The indications of the looming showdown in parliament emerged on Monday after an all-party meeting convened by Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu when the government ruled out the resignation of anyone.
"The question of resignation does not arise. No one has done anything illegal or immoral," Naidu said here. "There is no question of accepting any ultimatum from anybody.
At the meeting, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad pressed for the resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as well as Chief Ministers Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan and Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Madhya Pradesh.