f Modi is a “dictator” for issuing ordinances, so were Nehru and Indira READ MORE Venkaiah Naidu|Rajiv Gandhi|Indira Gandhi RELATED Congress moves privilege motion against Venkaiah Naidu Punitive action against black money account holders: Venkaiah Naidu PM neither sleeps nor allows us to sleep: Venkaiah Naidu Venkaiah Naidu quips, use e-ricks, reduce pollution in Parliament! Opposing NITI Aayog is merely politics, Venkaiah Naidu says NEW DELHI: Defending its move to bring ordinances to fast track reforms, the government on Wednesday hit out at opposition Congress, digging out details of ordinances issued by earlier Congress regimes and wondered if the party will brand former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi as dictators. Parliamentary affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu, however, said that the government will try to address the oppositions concerns over ordinances issued by it when they come up for Parliaments approval during the budget session. Attacking Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for her remarks in the CWC meeting on Tuesday that Modi government had dictatorial tendencies, Naidu said, if their political adversaries seek to stall their development agenda, they cannot remain helpless. As many as 195 ordinances were issued by the Indira Gandhi government and 70 by Nehru, the first Prime Minister, he said. Sonia Gandhi should clarify if Nehru was a dictator or a democrat. How does she describe Indira Gandhi? Was she a dictator? Naidu told reporters. Between 1971 and 1977, Indira Gandhi issued a record number of 99 ordinances at a strike rate of two ordinances every three months, he said. The Rajiv Gandhi government issued 35 ordinances. All these regimes enjoyed big mandates, Naidu reminded the opposition. Even the United Front government supported by Congress and the Left issued 77 ordinances in its reign between 1996-98, he said. Dismissing objections raised by Congress against the land ordinance, Naidu said, the government was compelled to issue an ordinance because opposition blocked proceedings in Parliament and did not allow Rajya Sabha to work. They (opposition) have hurt the people. To take development forward we were compelled to issue the ordinance. It addresses the lacuna of the previous law and improves upon its other measures, Naidu said, claiming industrialization had completely stalled due to the law passed by the UPA. The law was making it impossible to acquire land and one chief minister after another demanded amendments in it, he said. If they have concerns, we can certainly take it up in Parliament, he added.
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