Wishesh Magazine March 2016

Cover Story
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The Budget session is held
in two parts, Parliament will
close for a recess on March
20 and will re-convene on
April 20. The session will end
on May 8.
MPs from the Bharatiya
Janata Party, rather than
those from the Opposition,
have already given notice for
a discussion on the subject
ahead of the presentation
of the Union Budget. By
presenting itself as the flagbearer
of nationalism, the
BJP believes it will be able to
seize the advantage from the
Opposition.
Already, the BJP and the
Sangh Parivar were building
the public opinion for the
“nationalist” cause through
various programmes,
including vigilante activity
by RSS sympathisers. In
presenting the majority
community as being under
siege, the BJP and the
Parivar have shifted the
discourse to anxiety about
the country being threatened
by “anti-national” elements.
President Pranab
Mukherjee’s customary
address to Parliament has
set the tone. It ended with
a reference to Subhas
Chandra Bose, one of the
many heroes of the freedom
The President
also
impressed on
MPs that the
“democratic
temper
calls for
debate and
discussion,
and not
disruption or
obstruction
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