August 30, 2010 11:57 AM

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Parliament adjourned till noon

Both Houses of Parliament have been adjourned till noon following pandemonium over the alleged misuse of Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI, by the government. They BJP alleged that a senior IPS official is being pressurized by the CBI in one of the cases forcing the official to approach Supreme Court. Raising the matter in the Lok Sabha, the leader of the Opposition Mrs. Sushma Swaraj wanted a discussion on the functioning of the CBI. Mrs. Swaraj alleged that the government is targeting the Opposition leaders through CBI. She demanded extension of the House for one more day to debate the issue. The Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal strongly rejected the opposition charge saying that its allegations are without any basis. He said that CBI is an autonomous body and the government has never ever misused the investigating agency. Even as Mr. Bansal was speaking, the members from BJP and Shiv Sena trooped into the well of the House and started shouting slogans. Mr. Bansal said that this only goes to show that the opposition is not interested in debating the issue but wants to disrupt the proceedings. As noisy scenes continued the Speaker Mrs. Meira Kumar adjourned the House till 12 O clock. In the Rajya Sabha, the leader of the Opposition Mr. Arun Jaitley charged the government with politicising the CBI. He also wanted the government to respond to the reports appearing in media on threats to politicians belonging to opposition parties. While rejecting the opposition charge as baseless, the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mr. Prithviraj Chavan said that the government is willing to discuss the issue. The agitating members however trooped into the well of the House and the Chairman of the House Mohd. Hamid Ansari adjourned the House till noon.

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