Congress members stalled the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha today over the issue of government formation in Goa and Manipur. The House witnessed three adjournments in the pre-lunch session, and two in the post lunch session, finally adjourning it till tomorrow. Both the Congress and the NDA members raised slogans and counter-slogans, blaming each other on the issue. <br/><br/>When the house reassembled post lunch, Gulam Nabi Azad of the Congress alleged, the Governors of Goa and Manipur have flagrantly violated the laid down principles of democracy by denying the Congress its opportunity to form the government in both the states as it is the single largest party. He asked for recalling both the governors and for inviting the Congress to form the government citing the government formation in Jammu and Kashmir in 2002. <br/><br/>Responding to the Congress charge, the Leader of the House and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the Governors have two options in the event of none of the parties getting a clear mandate. He added, one option is to invite the single largest party first to form the government and the other is to weigh the ability of the single largest coalition to form a stable government. He said the Goa and Manipur Governors have gone in favour of a coalition with the majority MLAs. He denied charges of violating democratic principles or logic and said the Governors have acted well within the established norms. This led the Congress members to rush to the well of the house raising slogans. <br/><br/>The Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien offered to have a discussion on the issue and asked the agitating members to go back to their seats. He also reminded the members that debate on the budget is to be taken up as per the schedule and the time left is very short. However, as the Congress members were not relenting, he adjourned the House till 3 pm. As there has been no improvement in the situation, Deputy Chairman adjourned the House till tomorrow.