Telugu Desam Party, the alliance partner of Narendra Modi’s government stood beside it in the crucial Land Pooling Bill voting in Lok Sabha. The bill was taken for voting after the center included 9 amendments according to the inputs of the other parties while all the 11 amendments proposed by Opposition were voted out by the lower house of the parliament.
On the other side, Telangana Rashtra Samiti which is recently trying it level best to woo the Center towards a post poll alliance deserted the Center in crucial time and staged a walkout and did not participate in the voting. BJP from Odisha also staged a walkout. The opposition parties stressed on the Social Impact Assessment clause to be included but government refused to take it.
This supports or walkouts will not bother the government much as BJP has enough strength to move the bills in Lok Sabha. However Congress and other opposition parties have majority members in Rajyasabha. And so every vote counts there. In case the bill is defeated there, government may call for a joint meeting of both the houses and clear the bill.
