Congress calls Modi 'Brahma', says only knows about date of winter session

The Congress on Tuesday alleged that the government is delaying the winter session of Parliament to avoid questions from the opposition on issues like unemployment corruption GST and allegations against Amit Shahs son Jay Shah which could expose them in the Gujarat polls The party leaders also called Prime Minister Narendra Modi Brahma the creator who alone knows when the session will convene The party said it would also communicate with President Ram Nath Kovind on the delay in summoning of the winter session and urge him to take notice of itPM Narendra ModiIt said the government had turned Parliament into a joke and they were scared of getting exposed if they convened the winter session of Parliament before the Gujarat assembly election Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said I have spoken to the Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar several times and asked him to tell us a date as to when the winter session is going to begin so that we can make preparations accordinglyBut he had no clue since it was not confirmed by the PMO Prime Ministers Office said Azad Azad also said the reasons why the government was not summoning the winter session was because they do not want to face the questions of unemployment Goods and Services Tax GST implementation and corruption We wanted to ask the government about their formula of giving jobs and earning revenue where one can earn Rs 80 crore from Rs 15 lakh If the BJP President Amit Shah has this formula for his company then he should share it with the people of the country as well That is the Gujarat model said Azad referring to allegations against Jay ShahAzad also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his election campaigns saying No PM in the past 70 years has campaigned from panchayat elections to parliament polls He uses defence aircraft and helicopters for his visits What is the cost of these visits This is also a scam which will run into thousands of crores The central government has become an election machinery and the cabinet ministers are busy campaigning for elections all the time he addedDeputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma hit out at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his statement that the winter session was delayed in the past too His statement was a kneejerk response He should have checked the facts He is factually wrong and we reject what he said that in 2011 a similar situation was there He further said At least in this century it has not happened In 2011 the date of summoning the Parliament was on November 3 The session formally convened on November 22 and concluded on December 30 The session was prorogued on January 5 2012There were elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat like now in 2012 The polling in Gujarat was on November 9 13 and 17 in 2012 The winter session was summoned on November 2 and it was formally convened on November 22 2012 and continued throughout the election period till December 20 to be prorogued on December 24 he added Sharma also said The Prime Minister and his ministers have mastered the art of untruths and halftruths mislead and confuse the people He also called the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister hypocritesLeader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said They do not want discussion in Parliament so they are giving different excuses for delaying the winter session If they convene Parliament session and hold discussion then they will be exposed So they are trying to convene the session after the Gujarat polls said Kharge He said whatever was happening under the Narendra Modi government was an attack on democracy He added that this year there had been only 38 sittings of the Lok Sabha the lowest in the past 70 years Even ministers of this government and the Speaker do not know when the session will be convened Only one person knows about it who is Brahma You cannot be whimsical in running a democracy he said