March 20, 2018 11:52 AM

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Parliament logjam continues as both Houses adjourn; Rajya Sabha for day and the Lok Sabha till Noon

<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned, the Rajya Sabha for the day and the Lok Sabha till Noon amidst opposition uproar. As soon as the Lok Sabha met for the day, members from TRS and AIADMK trooped into the well raising slogans in support of their demands.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">TRS members were demanding the increase in the reservation quota for jobs in Telangana while AIADMK members wanted the setting up of a Cauvery Management Board.&nbsp; Amid noisy scenes, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House within minutes after it met.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">n the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj made a statement about the killing of 39 Indians, who were reported missing for the last three years, in Iraq. Soon after her statement, members from AIADMK, TDP and others surged into the well raising slogans forcing Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu to adjourn the House for the day.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Earlier, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said the opposition wanted to run the House and discuss all issues including bank fraud and Special Status to Andhra Pradesh. He charged the government with not taking any initiative to break the logjam. Responding to it, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Vijay Goel said that the government was ready for discussion on any issue since the beginning.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>

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