Read Part 1 on how the Modi government systematically made Parliament irrelevant. And then Part 2 on how the Modi government has started an era of Ordinance Raj and avoided proving its legitimacy in Parliament.
The Monsoon Session will begin on July 18 and is the penultimate full Parliament session for this government. That is if we don’t count the Budget Session next year, since it’ll be super-close to the general elections. Going by the events of this summer – where we saw epic disruptions, bulldozing of the Budget with a few Bills thrown in casually, and the scuttling of a no-confidence motion – we are unlikely to see any productive sessions from this point forward.
