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Mayawati: Opposition's 'Gen Z vote greed' blocked FCRA discussion

Mayawati: Opposition's 'Gen Z vote greed' blocked FCRA discussion
‘Greed for Gen Z votes’: Mayawati says Oppn should’ve allowed FCRA discussion · indianexpress.com

Mayawati is a leader of a political party called the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

She was upset because Parliament — the place where leaders meet to make laws — was not running.

She said the Opposition parties are not letting Parliament do its work.

She thinks they are either secretly helping the government or just want votes from young people, which she called 'greed for Gen Z votes.'

A new rule about how groups in the country can receive foreign money was being discussed.

Mayawati said this rule, called the FCRA amendment Bill, was sent to a special committee without a proper discussion first.

She said both the government's side and the Opposition turned the rule into a big political fight.

She thinks the Opposition should have allowed Parliament to talk about the rule and explain its problems.

That way, she said, the entire country would know about the rule's shortcomings.

She made these comments in a series of posts on X in Hindi.

Key facts

Speaker
Mayawati, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president
Main issue
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) amendment Bill
Referral
Sent to Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) without preliminary discussion
Mayawati's accusation
Opposition has 'colluded with' the government or is driven by 'greed for Gen Z votes'
Parties criticised
Ruling NDA and the Opposition, for excessively politicising the Bill
Platform
Series of X posts in Hindi
Timing
Thursday

Quotes

Mayawati

President of the Bahujan Samaj Party

“"It would have been better if the Opposition had allowed Parliament to function yesterday when this Bill was tabled and highlighted its shortcomings, so that the entire country would know about them, but they did not let Parliament run due to their stubbornness."”
indianexpress.com

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