Faced with RS logjam, Jaitley warns of executive decision-making

December 16, 2015 12:55

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today accused the Congress of setting a wrong precedent for future opposition parties by continuously disrupting Parliament and said decision-making in future will have to shift to executive actions and money bills.

Irked by the Congress disrupting the Rajya Sabha for the second session in a row to stall passage of the all-important Constitution Amendment Bill to bring in Goods and Services Tax, he said history would not be kind to the "outlaws of parliamentary" system.

Addressing a gathering of industry leaders on GST, he said with government business being blocked in the Rajya Sabha, future decision-making "will have to take place through executive action and money bills."

Money bills, which largely concern taxation, government spending or having financial implications, can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha. The Rajya Sabha cannot make amendments in a Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha and transmitted to it.

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