New Delhi: With Parliament remaining paralysed for the 14th day on the JPC issue, the Government, on Wednesday accused the opposition of attempting to destabilise it for political purpose and delaying consideration of key bills including one on food security.
"We are not prepared to accept JPC. We believe that it is not a genuine democratic and Parliamentary demand. The opposition interest is to destabilise the government and to create a situation in which it is unable to function", Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said.
Bansal's refrain was that the opposition campaign over the alleged 2G spectrum scam was aimed at prolonging the issue for a "political purpose".He said the opposition's intention was to call the Prime Minister before the probe as also going into the role of the media and the way the government was formed in 2009 after the Lok Sabha polls.
Accusing the opposition of adopting a "rigid" stand on the JPC issue, he regretted that the Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar's attempts to conduct at least the question hour could not succeed due to such a stand.
"As of now it is 13th December," was his response when asked whether there were plans to adjourn the session sine die ahead of its scheduled conclusion on December 13.
Bansal said that the opposition's attitude had resulted in hampering progress on key bills like those on land acquisition and food security.
He said like on Wednesday, a three-line whip was also being issued for Congress MPs on Thursday to ensure conducting the remaining financial business of the government. Allies of the Congress like Trinamool Congress were also issuing whips.
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