Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned for a brief period today following uproar over an incident of allegedly forcing a catering staffer to break the Roza fast by some Shiv Sena MPs in new Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi last week.

The two houses witnessed noisy scenes over the issue during Zero hour. In the Lok Sabha, members from treasury and opposition benches exchanged heated arguments on the issue, raised by M I Shanvas of the Congress. Ramesh Bidhuri of BJP, who was seen rushing towards Congress benches, was stopped by his party colleagues.

Responding to this, Heavy Industries Minister Anant Geete brushed aside the newspaper reports and said it was not fair to tell an untruth during holy Ramzan month. Reacting to his observation, some of the opposition members including Asaddudin Owaisi of M I M party, trooped into the well of the House forcing its adjournment for 15 minutes till 1230 hours. Later, the BJP member apologized for his behaviour in the House, when it re-assembled after the adjournment.

In the Rajya Sabha, the issue was raised by members belonging to Samajwadi party and Congress. forcing its adjournment for ten minutes. Members from Congress, RJD, NCP and Left parties staged a walkout on the issue.

After Shiv Sena MP Rajan Vichare was shown by television channels trying to thrust a roti in the mouth of the employee, he regretted the incident. He claimed, he came to know that the employee was a Muslim only after seeing TV footage and regretted it.