Amid some rumbling within the BJP over suspension of 25 Congress members which has united the Opposition, the government on Wednesday made an "appeal" to members who were boycotting in solidarity to return to the House.
However, the government seems to have lobbed the ball on revoking the suspension into the court of the Congress and the Speaker.
Within the BJP, there is discontent brewing in a section over the suspension. Two MPs -- Shatrughan Sinha and Hukum Singh -- made their apprehensions known. Sinha tweeted expressing his unhappiness over the suspension while Singh sought efforts to persuade the MPs to return to the House while participating in a debate on supplementary demand for grants, which was taken up in the absence of the Opposition.
"Feel unhappy about the developments in Parliament... And the expulsipm of 25 learned MP friends, including one who was not even present. Good sense must prevail... sooner the better," Sinha tweeted.
Later, he clarified saying he respected the Speaker's decision but felt it was important to raise the circumstances in which Congress members were suspended.
Singh had said that it was not nice to see the House with several seats vacant and that it was incomplete without the Opposition. "We need to convince them (Opposition) to sit in the House and participate in the discussions. The government and party are trying but we should continue with our efforts," he said.
According to sources, there is resentment among some BJP members on the approach of the government, which has taken a more belligerent rather than re conciliatory attitude, while the suspension has managed to unite the Opposition, including the SP and TMC.
The government has made it clear that it was for the Congress to approach the Speaker. The suspension has deepened the battle lines between the government and Opposition.
"We appeal to the Congress to return to Parliament and help in its functioning. Parliament has to pass important bills. Rethink on your adamant strategy," Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters here on Wednesday.
Asked about the government taking an aggressive attitude, he said the Congress had left no scope for any understanding by persisting with its "resignations first, then debate" demand. Prasad refused to comment on Sinha's tweets on the suspensions.
The government has prioritised three bills-- GST, land acquisition and real estate-- whose fate is uncertain given the face off between the government and Opposition.
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