December 15, 2016 12:28 PM

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Both houses of Parliament adjourned till noon

Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned till noon today. When the Lok Sabha assembled in the morning, treasury bench members displayed newspaper clippings on the alleged kickbacks in the Agusta Westland case.<br/><br/>Both the treasury and opposition members indulged in sloganeering forcing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to adjourn the House till noon.<br/><br/>In the Rajya Sabha, the Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad raised the issue of the plight of farmers due to drought and demonetization. <br/><br/>However, some of the ruling party and TMC members displayed some placards which the Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien disapproved. The Congress charged the ruling party with disrupting the proceedings claiming it unprecedented. <br/><br/>Minister Muqtar Abbas Naqvi countered the Congress allegation that it was the opposition that was holding the House at ransom. As the din persisted, the House was adjourned till noon.

August 2, 2011 11:31 AM

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Both Houses of Parliament adjourned till noon

Both the Houses of Parliament have been adjourned till noon after members raised the issue of price rise and the situation in Uttar Pradesh. The Lok Sabha was adjourned after Samajwadi Party and BSP members trooped into the well. While the SP members were demanding dismissal of Uttar Pradesh government, the BSP members were demanding a new land acquisition bill.In the Rajya Sabha, there was uproar when the Opposition BJP raised the issue of price rise as the House assembled for the day. The agitated BJP members trooped into the well demanding suspension of question hour to take up the issue. Both the Houses were adjourned as noisy scenes continued even after repeated pleas by the presiding officers to restore order.

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