September 2, 2013 2:16 PM

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LS adjourns for the day over Telengana issue

Earlier, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm.As soon as the House met for the day in the extended session, members from Andhra Pradesh belonging to Congress and TDP, trooped into the well, protesting against the formation of Telangana. Speaker Meira Kumar tried to persuade them to go back to their seats but her attempts went in vain, leading to uproarious scenes. Quoting the relevant rules of the House proceedings, she suspended the agitating members.

Two Telugu Desam Party members have been suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the day as they continued to raise slogans in favour of United Andhra Pradesh. Deputy Chairman, who invoked the relevant rules and procedures of the House, asked Y S Choudhary and C M Ramesh to withdraw forthwith from the House. Our Correspondent reports that this is for the third time that the two members have been suspended in the current session.

As soon as the Rajya Sabha met for the day, BJP members protested against deletion of some portion of speech of Leader of Opposition, Arun Jaitley on Friday. Raising the matter, Venkaiah Naidu said, they have received message on mobile phones from the Secretariat. Responding to this, Chairman Mohammed Hamid Ansari said that he will look into it. Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress members insisted on a discussion on petrol price hike, saying that they have already given notices.

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