Govt. running as per Rahul Gandhi's whims and fancies: BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the central government of blindly following the orders of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.

BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said: "You see, Rahul Gandhi says tear the ordinance, and the cabinet meets and tears the ordinance apart. He says increase the number of LPG connections to twelve, the cabinet meets. He says I want these bills, so the cabinet gets together and says okay we will issue the ordinance. So, he is the boss. This country is condemned to live on the basis of his whims and fancies."

The government is planning to bring an ordinance or an executive order to bring in key legislations, including anti-corruption laws, which were not passed by Parliament.

The bills which are likely to be passed by an executive order include the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, the Rights of Citizens to Timebound Delivery of Goods and Services and Redressal of Grievances Bill, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, the Securities and Exchange Board (Amendment) Bill, the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, and the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill).

Janata Dal United leader K.C Tyagi denounced the Congress Party's move as illegal.

"First, the Congress disrupted Parliament with the help of other politicians on the issue of Telangana. No work was done for ten days, and now, they want to bring in an ordinance and fulfill their political ambitions and agenda, which is illegal and unconstitutional at the time of elections, when the Moral Code of Conduct is just about to be in place," said Tyagi.

Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi defended the move to come out with an executive order, saying that if the opposition had not disrupted parliament as it did every time when the bills were about to be tabled, such a decision wouldn't have been necessary.

"On the one hand, they will accuse the government of not bringing in any law, and on the other hand, when the government does get a bill in parliament, opposition parties disrupt the proceedings every day. And finally, when government tries to get the law by bringing in an ordinance to fight against corruption, then also they have objections," said Chaturvedi.