Parliament adjourned for 18th day straight
Ruckus prevailed in both Houses of Parliament on Monday as opposition parties and those from Tamil Nadu created a ruckus, forcing their adjournment for the 18th straight day withouttransactinganysubstantial business.
While the Rajya Sabha was adjourned within about six minutes after it assembled, the Lok Sabha was adjourned due to protests for the first time till noon within four minutes after it met and then for the day after the listed papers were laid.
Before adjourning the Lok Sabha for the day, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said she was unable to take up the notices for the no-confidence motion against the government, served by several opposition parties, as there was no order in the House.
In the Rajya Sabha, the opposition protests forced the adjournment as members trooped into the Well and shouted slogans, drowning every other voice.
MPs belonging to the Congress, Trinamool Congress (TMC), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and parties from Tamil Nadu — Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), were in the well of the house even before chairman Venkaiah Naidu could settle down.
The Congress and the BSP led the charge against the government, accusing it of being “antiDalit”, in an apparent reference to the Supreme Court ruling on the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Members of the main opposition party also raised the issue of the PNB fraud, alongside the TMC.
Tamil parties were demanding the immediate constitution of the Cauvery Water Management Board for division of river water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, while members of the TDP and KVP and Ramachandra Rao of the Congress held placards demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh.
Minister of state for parliamentary affairs Vijay Goel said important bills were listed for discussion in the last week. The government, he said, was ready to discuss all issues.
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