BJP today gave a notice for the suspension of Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha to debate the Lokpal issue even as it discussed the strategy to take on the Government in both the Houses on issues like “attack on federal structure” in the formation of NCTC, RPF Act and the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils.

The Deputy Leader of BJP in Rajya Sabha, Mr S.S. Ahluwalia, said the Leader of Opposition in the Upper House, Mr Arun Jaitley, has moved a motion for the suspension of Question Hour to demand discussion on the Lokpal Bill.

The main Opposition is demanding that the House take up the debate on the Bill where it was left when the House was “abruptly adjourned” at 12 pm on December 29.

DMK, AIADMK and the Left parties have moved a separate suspension notice to discuss the atrocities on Sri Lankan Tamils. These parties want to know whether India will support a US resolution in the UN censuring the Sri Lankan Government for the atrocities on Tamilians during the last phase of the war with LTTE.

During the discussion on the Presidential Address, BJP will move amendments on the National Counter Terrorism Centre and the National Intelligence Grid (NIG). The party has alleged that the state governments were not taken into confidence while forming the NCTC and NIG and some powers given to these organisations violate the federal structure.

Mr Rajnath Singh will initiate the debate on behalf of BJP in the Presidential Address discussion in the Lok Sabha while Mr M Venkaiah Naidu will do so in Rajya Sabha.

Mr Ahluwalia said reports that the Centre told the Chief Secretaries and DGPs at a meeting yesterday not to act like “stenographers of their state governments” were unfortunate and BJP would take this up in Parliament.

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