BHUBANESWAR: In a last minute change of plan, the BJD on Friday walked out of Lok Sabha sooner than the debate may just start at the no-confidence movement towards the Narendra Modi govt.
The BJD, with 19 MPs, had said a day previous that it will participate within the debate, even if it had not introduced its stand on vote casting. The Naveen Patnaik-led party had planned that Puri MP Pinaki Mishra would talk within the 15 mins that the party had been given to talk within the floor of the House. And sources said the party had made up our minds to stroll out sooner than vote casting was once meant to start out following the Prime Minister's answer.
Speaking to TOI, BJD parliamentary party chief in Lok Sabha, Bhartruhari Mahtab, said, "I explained in the House the reason for our walkout before the no-trust debate began. This discussion would not mean anything for our state. It is a farce. We have seen during 10 years of UPA and four years of NDA that injustice has been done to the people of Odisha. I expressed our displeasure before the walkout."
Mahtab said at round 10.30 am the party made up our minds to stroll out of the House sooner than the debate began after weighing more than a few options. "We could not have supported the motion and side with the Congress or oppose the move and be with the BJP. One should also not forget that the no-trust was brought by Telugu Desam Party, against which we have been fighting in protest against the construction of the Polavaram dam," Mahtab added.
Another BJD MP, preferring anonymity, said the party management conveyed its resolution to stay away from the debate just moments after the House reconvened for the day. "I don't know what transpired. It came as a surprise to me as well," the parliamentarian said.
While some political analysts felt the BJD move despatched combined signals, any other team said it despatched a strong message that the party would not aspect with the Congress. "By participating in the discussion, the BJD would have ended up criticising the Modi government and seen as siding with the Congress-led opposition," a political analyst noticed.
Jayant Mohapatra, a retired professor of political science, even though felt the BJD misplaced a excellent opportunity to highlight problems such as the Mahanadi river dispute, the state's opposition to the Polavaram dam challenge and insist for particular class standing.
The Congress was once fast to point out that the BJP and the BJD had a secret figuring out. "Their relationship now is as clear as crystal. They think they can fool us with their posturing but their stand is totally exposed. People of Odisha will never forget that when it came to delivering a decisive blow to the BJP, the BJD chose to walk out," Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik said.
Responding to Niranjan's grievance, Mahtab said, "The Congress perhaps expected us to side with them. But we stick to our stated stand of being equidistant from both the BJP and the Congress."
The state BJP too wondered the BJD move. "While the BJD leaders are propagating anti-Centre politics here, their MPs walked out of the House instead of highlighting issues of state interest when there was a chance," state BJP vice-president Sameer Mohanty said, whilst acusing the BJD of adopting double requirements.
The BJD, with 19 MPs, had said a day previous that it will participate within the debate, even if it had not introduced its stand on vote casting. The Naveen Patnaik-led party had planned that Puri MP Pinaki Mishra would talk within the 15 mins that the party had been given to talk within the floor of the House. And sources said the party had made up our minds to stroll out sooner than vote casting was once meant to start out following the Prime Minister's answer.
Speaking to TOI, BJD parliamentary party chief in Lok Sabha, Bhartruhari Mahtab, said, "I explained in the House the reason for our walkout before the no-trust debate began. This discussion would not mean anything for our state. It is a farce. We have seen during 10 years of UPA and four years of NDA that injustice has been done to the people of Odisha. I expressed our displeasure before the walkout."
Mahtab said at round 10.30 am the party made up our minds to stroll out of the House sooner than the debate began after weighing more than a few options. "We could not have supported the motion and side with the Congress or oppose the move and be with the BJP. One should also not forget that the no-trust was brought by Telugu Desam Party, against which we have been fighting in protest against the construction of the Polavaram dam," Mahtab added.
Another BJD MP, preferring anonymity, said the party management conveyed its resolution to stay away from the debate just moments after the House reconvened for the day. "I don't know what transpired. It came as a surprise to me as well," the parliamentarian said.
While some political analysts felt the BJD move despatched combined signals, any other team said it despatched a strong message that the party would not aspect with the Congress. "By participating in the discussion, the BJD would have ended up criticising the Modi government and seen as siding with the Congress-led opposition," a political analyst noticed.
Jayant Mohapatra, a retired professor of political science, even though felt the BJD misplaced a excellent opportunity to highlight problems such as the Mahanadi river dispute, the state's opposition to the Polavaram dam challenge and insist for particular class standing.
The Congress was once fast to point out that the BJP and the BJD had a secret figuring out. "Their relationship now is as clear as crystal. They think they can fool us with their posturing but their stand is totally exposed. People of Odisha will never forget that when it came to delivering a decisive blow to the BJP, the BJD chose to walk out," Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik said.
Responding to Niranjan's grievance, Mahtab said, "The Congress perhaps expected us to side with them. But we stick to our stated stand of being equidistant from both the BJP and the Congress."
The state BJP too wondered the BJD move. "While the BJD leaders are propagating anti-Centre politics here, their MPs walked out of the House instead of highlighting issues of state interest when there was a chance," state BJP vice-president Sameer Mohanty said, whilst acusing the BJD of adopting double requirements.
BJD walks out of Lok Sabha before no-trust debate
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