The Bharatiya Janata Party is poised to face an aggressive opposition that will try to surround the government on issues ranging from the covid-19 epidemic to the Facing between Indian and Chinese forces in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh. It is likely to be on 14 September when the Parliament will reorganize for the monsoon session.
The opposition, mainly Congress, has been attacking the government over the response to the epidemic and accused the government of not doing enough to stabilize the economic recession following the nationwide lockdown n March.
The Congress has accused the government of not allowing 20 soldiers to be transparent, citing the details of the Galwan clash. A BJP official said, “The questions raised by the opposition regarding China and the epidemic have already been answered and they are only using these issues for petty politics.”
According to the party official, 10 ordinances were passed this year and came up for consideration after the last session in March.
In December 2019, the Data Protection Bill, 2019, introduced in the Winter Session, deals with data collection and sharing rules, and defines rights to citizens on their personal information.
The Official said, “The government hopes that all four codes will implement wages, industrial relations, social security and occupational safety, health and working conditions.”
Occupational Safety, Health and Work Conditions Code, 2019; The Code of Industrial Relations, 2019, and the Social Security Code have all been referred to parliamentary committees.