BJP to bring cut motion on Budget

Addressing a press conference, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj spoke of floor coordination among opposition during the first phase and referred to the unprecedented walkout by it during the budget presentation in protest against inflationary policies.

"BJP will bring our own cut-motion. Various opposition parties are also giving their own cut motions(on the Demand for Grants)," she said.The new found unity in the Opposition at the time of presentation of Budget was broken when Government brought in the Women's Reservation Bill on which major oppostion parties BJP and Left backed the government.

The passage of the Budget in the second half of the Budget session of Parliament next month will also show whether the opposition will be united against the government.
In the reply to general discussion on Budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had ruled out rollback of hike in prices of petroleum products, a demand which was also voiced by UPA's major constituents Trinamool Congress and DMK.

The entire opposition had walked out at the time of the Budget presentation in protest against these proposals.The government could be in trouble if the entire opposition including Samajwadi party, BSP and RJD, who now back it from outside, come together and back the cut motions.Swaraj asserted that BJP had effectively cornered the government on price rise in Parliament.

"The government wanted that we discuss price rise as part of the Motion of Thanks to President's Address or the debate on the general budget but we wanted a focussed discussion on the issue," she said, adding that Lok Sabha was adjourned on two days due to opposition's protest.

Swaraj insisted that BJP acted responsibly by not forcing an adjournment in Lok Sabha on price rise when the Railway Budget was being presented.Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, Leader of Opposition in the Upper House, attributed good floor-coordination as the reason for the the opposition's good performance and said the floor management of the government was poor.