Parliament adjourned till Dec 2 amid opposition protests
Both the houses of Parliament were adjourned for the fourth straight day on Friday amid protest and sloganeering by the opposition over host of issues including Adani bribery charges.
The sessions in both houses will now reconvene next week on December 2.
The sessions in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha began as usual at 11 am. Opposition MP’s in both the houses staged protest against the rejection of adjournment notices for a discussion on allegations against the Adani Group, and the violence in Manipur and Sambhal.
Amid continuous sloganeering in Rajya Sabha, House Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said this cannot be appreciated. “We are creating a very bad precedent. Our actions are not public-centric. We are getting into irrelevance… We have virtually become a laughing stock,” Dhankhar said adjourning the session till Monday, December 2.
Similar scenes were witnessed in Lok Sabha where Speaker Om Birla adjourned the house until 12 noon. When the house resumed proceedings, the slogans continued, and Dilip Saikia, the Presiding Officer, adjourned the house until Monday.
The Winter Session of Parliament began on Monday. The proceedings were adjourned as opposition started protesting in both houses. There was no business on Tuesday on account of Constitution Day. The proceedings were adjourned in both bouses on Wednesday too for the same reason. Protest continued on Thursday and returned on Friday, too.
The Congress and other opposition parties are demanding a discussion on Manipur violence and bribery charges against the Adani Group. The INDIA bloc is demanding a JPC Probe into allegations against the Adani group. Opposition MPs in both Houses of Parliament raised slogans inside the Parliament.