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New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of "murdering" Parliament by way of avoiding and bypassing parliamentary scrutiny
of government legislations. "The BJP is murdering Parliament. In this BJP regime, only nine out of 74 bills passed have been scrutinized by a Parliamentary committee. In contrast, from
2009 to 2014, 66 out of 116 bills passed were scrutinised by Parliamentary committees," Trinamool legislative party leader in Lok Sabha Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Rajya Sabha leader Derek
O'Brien said in a statement. On Wednesday, the Modi government got the Finance Bill passed in the Lok Sabha without any discussion. Earlier, it got the controversial triple talaq bill
passed in the Lok Sabha during the winter session after a very brief discussion or accepting any amendments moved by some of the members. In the Rajya Sabha, the government has persistently
refused to refer the Bill to a Select Committee of the House for closer scrutiny despite insistence on the same by almost every opposition party. On Thursday, in the Rajya Sabha, Deputy
Chairman P.J. Kurien asked the agitating members to give him "five minutes to dispose of the business", which included the Finance Bill and two Appropriation Bills that were listed
in the day's business for discussion and returning to the Lok Sabha. However, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad objected to the Chair's remarks saying no Bill
should be passed in five minutes without a discussion on it. The Rajya Sabha however has no powers to move or amend any money bill on its own and it is the Lok Sabha's prerogative to
accept or reject any amendments moved by the upper House on any money bill. (This story was auto-published from a syndicated feed. No part of the story has been edited by THE QUINT.)