TMC leader Derek O'Brien hits out at govt for passing bills with 'zero scrutiny', says Opposition cannot be 'steamrolled'

New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday charged that the government was passing bills in Parliament without any “scrutiny” and said a united Opposition cannot be “steamrolled”.

TMC MP and national spokesperson Derek O’Brien accused the government of using its “brute majority” in Lok Sabha to bulldoze the “faulty RTI Bill”.

As we predicted yesterday, this govt used its brute majority in LS to bulldoze the faulty RTI Bill. #DontAmendRTI Next stop: Rajya Sabha. 12 Bills passed. ZERO scrutiny. Unreal. Trinamool will not allow democracy to be smothered. #ConstructiveOpposition #Parliament

— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) July 22, 2019

On Wednesday, he tweeted that the government had listed three bills for passing in Rajya Sabha and was attempting to pass them with ‘zero scrutiny’.

Three Bills listed for passing today in Rajya Sabha today. All with ZERO scrutiny. And the govt expects us to be what ? Mute spectators ! #ConstructiveOpposition #Parliament https://t.co/jQpLYu8MnG

— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) July 24, 2019

The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019 are listed for consideration and passing in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Bill amending the Right To Information Act, amid objections by the Opposition which alleged that it was an attempt to undermine the law and make the transparency panel a “toothless tiger”. The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, seeks to give the government powers to fix salaries, tenures and other terms and conditions of employment of information commissioners.