As the third day of Parliament's monsoon session came to an end with a debate on price rise, both the UPA and BJP government face hostility from the Left on what seems like a pre-decided compromise between the two sides.
Senior CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said that the resolution is nothing but a tacit undertsanding between BJP and Congress.
However, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha maintains the soul of parliamentary democracy is consensus and not confrontation.
The two parties reached at pact after meeting with the senior leader L K Advani. Asked on how the government tried to buy peace with the opposition, the Congress had a bland response.
The sudden change of tact of the BJP may have had something to do with the Left's refusal to toe its line on 2G. With the NDA 's telecom policy also under question, the Left wanted no truck in a coordinated attack on the government.
Yechury stated that it's a deal between the BJP and the Conngress, which has brought a joint resolution. If needed, the Left will go for division of vote.
After the winter session washout, a repeat would have tarred both the government and the NDA. Important discussion of the House like the Lokpal Bill and the Land Acquisition Bill are hanging fire. A compromise is seems to have suited the big two, the surest indicator of which will be the voting on price rise.
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