After the 16th Lok Sabha elections, the Trinamul was offered a bigger room in Parliament, but the Telugu Desam, part of the NDA Government, did not allow Trinamul MPs to enter the room, which they were occupying since 15th Lok Sabha elections. Interestingly, after the 17th Lok Sabha elections concluded, not only the number of TD MPs reduced, even the Rajya Sabha party split. The party members are now afraid that they will lose the bigger room and felt that the same room might be allotted to their rival YSR Congress Party. Some leaders of the TD offered the room to TMC saying they should claim the room now. However, the Trinamul is yet to take a decision.
DMK raises issue of atrocities against minorities in West Bengal
DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran on Monday raised the issue of atrocities against minorities in West Bengal during the Zero Hour. Initially, BJP MPs from West Bengal did not understand why the Tamil Nadu party was raising the issue. Later they learned that TMC has decided not to react on any West Bengal issue raised by the BJP MPs. TMC has decided to raise the issue of Bengal via their southern friends in DMK. Amid the heated conversations, Speaker announced a lunch break. But the TMC leaders were happy that the issue was recorded in the House and they complimented Mr Maran for raising the issue.
Guwahati MP speaks on inadequate funding for smart city project in LS
Newly-elected Guwahati Bharatiya Janata Party MP Queen Ojha raised the problem of inadequate funding in the proposed smart city project in Guwahati in Lok Sabha on Monday. She had left AGP and joined BJP just days before the elections, in a hope to make Guwahati a smart city under a central government scheme. When she was the mayor of the city, MP had negotiated with the Centre to bring Guwahati under the smart city programme. On Monday, she claimed that a total of `2,296 crore was supposed to be allocated for the project but only `16 crore was allotted so far. BJP MP had made a commitment before the Lok Sabha elections that she would try to expedite the project once she won.
