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Let Parliament function : India Inc pleads in online petition

| | Aug 12, 2015, at 04:57 pm
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IBNS) India's leading industrialists have signed an online petition castigating the perpetual disruptions in Parliament and demanding that both houses be allowed to "function, debate and legislate" on proposals like the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

 The online petition has been signed by more than 15,000 people, including Sunil Munjal, Adi Godrej, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Rahul Bajaj, Anu Aga, Ajay Sriram, Sumit Mazumder and Kris Gopalakrishnan.

The petition says  that legislation like GST must not be stalled by the "perpetual disruptions" in Parliament.

"Street demonstrations against the Chair of the Lower House are of unprecedented scale. The Lower house is without some opposition members. The upper house is perpetually adjourned," the petition says.

"Important laws like the Constitution amendments in Goods and Services Tax which improves India's growth rate is held up. GST has taken a long time in coming and has taken years of consensus building."

Congress President  Sonia Gandhi has clearly told that party lawmakers will continue with noisy disruptions, demanding the removal of three BJP heavyweight  leaders embroiled in controversies.

India Inc has said that GST could significantly contribute to the growth of the country and its states.

In a pungent  response to the petition, Congress leader Manish Tewari has tweeted that India Inc wants Parliament to bow to their demands.

The entire monsoon session which is left with only one more day has been a washout with the opposition ruckus stalling all Parliamentary business.
 

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