New Delhi, July 26: Members of 17 Opposition parties have written to Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu against passage of crucial legislations by the government without parliamentary scrutiny. The political groups have marked their dissent in the letter written to Upper House chief, and sought his intervention.

The lawmakers, representing the 17 political parties, said they express "serious concern over the manner in which the Government is hurriedly passing legislations without any scrutiny by Parliamentary Standing or Select Committees". RTI Amendment Bill 2019 Passed in Rajya Sabha by Voice Vote, Opposition Stages Protest

Among parties which are signatory to the letter include Congress, TMC, NCP, DMK, NC, CPI and CPI(M), among others.

Update by ANI:

The letter comes a day after the government passed the RTI Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha. Passage of the controversial law exposed disunity in the Opposition ranks, as the Congress was expecting a united anti-BJP bloc to thwart the law from getting through.

However, the legislation was successfully slipped through as fence-sitters -- the TRS, BJD, AIADMK and YSRCP offered support to the government's amended law on Right to Information.

The Opposition has also protested against the "bulldozing" of Triple Talaq bill through the Lok Sabha despite the demand raised by several parties to refer the legislation to a Standing Committee. Among those who raised the issue included NDA ally JD(U).

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