Parliament LIVE Updates: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 6 pm on Thursday amid a ruckus by Opposition members demanding a joint parliamentary committee probe into the alleged stock manipulation by the Adani Group.
Parliament LIVE Updates: Adjournment Of Lok Sabha
The demand for grants for various ministries for 2023-24 will also be taken up for approval of Lok Sabha at 6 pm. The adjournment came shortly after the House met at 2 pm.
Soon after papers were laid on the table of the House, Congress members were on their feet raising slogans and showing placards demanding a JPC. Several members also trooped near the Speaker’s podium.
Some members from the treasury benches were also on their feet. Rajendra Agrawal, who was in the Chair, adjourned proceedings till 6 pm amid continuing protests. The morning session had also witnessed protests with the proceedings adjourned till 2 pm. As soon as the House assembled for the day after obituary references at 11 am, Congress members demanded that Rahul Gandhi should be allowed to speak in the House.
The turmoil continued for about about 10 minutes with Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla urging the members to allow the House to function normally. “I will give you the opportunity to speak after the Question Hour. I have never stopped anyone from speaking. But that has to be within rules,” he said.
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Members ignored the speaker’s pleas and continued their protests
However, the opposition members ignored the speaker’s pleas and continued their protests. “The country wants the House to function normally. People want their issues to be raised in the House. If you don’t want the House not to function properly, then I will adjourn it,” Birla said and adjourned the House till 2 pm.
During his interactions in London, Gandhi alleged that the structures of Indian democracy are under attack and there is a “full-scale assault” on the country’s institutions. The remarks triggered a political slugfest, with the BJP accusing him of maligning India on foreign soil and seeking foreign interventions, and the Congress hitting back at the ruling party by citing instances of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi raising internal politics abroad. The ruling alliance also sought an apology from Gandhi while the Congress demanded that he should be allowed to speak in the House to clarify his position.
Earlier, the House paid tributes to revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru on their martyrdom day. It also paid tributes to three former members who died recently.
