Parliament has finally adjourned more than a week after the coronavirus alarm was sounded. It’s been an unconscionable delay. Last week, as the Covid-19 outbreak gathered pace and orders were issued barring more than 50 people from gathering, Parliament functioned as normal. MPs crowded around the two Houses comprising together almost 700 people, far in excess of the 50 prescribed for citizens.
The opposition alleged the government’s refusal to defer Parliament earlier was because it had its eye on political developments in Madhya Pradesh. Had Parliament been deferred, the Supreme Court may have deferred the state assembly too, and the Kamal Nath government could not have been pushed towards collapse as rapidly as it was.
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