The way forward for the NDA is thus the following:
One, make ease of business the focus by changing rules and regulations that don’t need legislation. Even the UPA land law can be made ineffective through rules to subvert its intent. A permanent committee merely to look at rules that retard business growth is the need of the hour. This committee should keep chipping away at pointless rules or regulations that merely irritate or hinder business.
Two, use article 254(2) liberally to encourage BJP and other non-Congress states to legislate land and labour reforms. This article allows state laws to supersede central ones on the concurrent list as long as the centre agrees.
Three, use the budget more effectively for reforms. Budgets being money bills cannot be blocked by the Rajya Sabha.
Four, introduce all reform legislation at one go and get them passed in the Lok Sabha, preferably in the monsoon session. Then, if the Rajya Sabha sits on them endlessly, the government should be able to call a joint session of parliament to get them passed. Joint sessions can be called only if one of the these conditions is fulfilled: a bill passed by the Lok Sabha is rejected by the Rajya Sabha or amended by it; or the Rajya Sabha sits on a bill beyond six months. If all bills the government wants are passed by the Lok Sabha in the monsoon session, the government can let the Rajya Sabha sit on them till February 2016 and then call a joint session for final passing – that is assuming it can’t get the opposition to help out.
What the NDA cannot afford to do is pay the Congress ransom demand. The current Congress ransom demand is unlikely to be its last. Blackmail cannot be allowed to win.
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