NEW DELHI: The prospect of holding a Parliamentary committee meeting seems bleak as senior officials of the home ministry did not turn up for the second time due to coronavirus-related health risks and relief work in their respective constituencies.
The standing committee on home affairs had invited senior officials amid growing demand by opposition parties to hold meetings to analyse the role of the Centre in handling the coronavirus crisis. "This is no time for analysis, this is time for action.
The entire country is fighting covid-19, what is the point of holding meetings now? We should collectively, all parliamentarians, should try to help migrant labourers, analysis and scrutiny can happen later," said a senior BJP Parliamentarian,