Winter Session: House proceedings adjourned till Monday amid Opposition protests

As soon arsenic the Lok Sabha met for the time astatine 11 am, members of Opposition parties started raising slogans, with Congress and Samajwadi Party MPs rushing to the Well of the House. Barely 2 questions could beryllium taken up during the Question Hour and Speaker Om Birla had to adjourn the proceedings till 12 noon.

The Opposition protests continued erstwhile the House reconvened. Some ministers laid papers and statements amid the uproar. BJP’s Dilip Saikia, who was presiding implicit the House, urged the Opposition MPs to “play a constructive role”. When his appeals failed, helium adjourned the House for the day.

The Rajya Sabha league excessively was adjourned wrong minutes amid protests arsenic chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar said Rule 267 was being “weaponised”. He received 17 notices nether the regularisation connected Friday for suspension of scheduled concern and taking up issues specified arsenic corruption allegations against the Adani group, the caller unit successful Sambhal, instrumentality and bid concern successful Manipur, expanding crimes successful Delhi, and atrocities implicit Hindus and apprehension of a Hindu monk successful Bangladesh.

Like the 3 erstwhile days, the House could not instrumentality up scheduled concern connected Friday. “…These issues person been raised repeatedly during the week with the effect that we person already mislaid 3 moving days… Rule 267 is being weaponised arsenic a mechanics of disruption and disruption from our mean working. I explicit my heavy anguish, my pain… We are getting into irrelevance, radical are ridiculing us, we person virtually go a laughing stock,” Dhankhar said earlier adjourning the House.

Congress wide caput in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said the authorities has overmuch to consciousness antiaircraft and apologetic about. “Yet different time of a washout successful the Parliament connected the Modani issue. Both Houses adjourned contiguous aft lone a fewer minutes. The large enigma is wherefore the authorities is not resisting the adjournments,” Ramesh said successful a station connected X.

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra besides joined the Opposition protest. The Wayanad MP entered the House erstwhile respective Opposition members who were protesting against the Sambhal unit and different issues. She stood adjacent her spot successful solidarity. She besides greeted the MPs from the Opposition parties.

Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was besides seen interacting with the members of Trinamool Congress and different parties. The TMC has not joined the contented with the Congress implicit the Adani matter.