August 6, 2015 2:19 PM

printer

Rajya Sabha adjourns for day after uproar over Lalit Modi row

The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day on the Lalit Modi controversy. When the House reassembled at 2 PM, the agitating Congress members once again trooped into the well shouting slogans against the Modi government. The House witnessed two adjournments in the pre-lunch session. The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the second time till 2 PM today on the the same issue.<br/><br/>When the House reassembled at 12 pm to take up Question Hour after its first adjournment, Congress members once again trooped in the well shouting slogans against Modi government. <br/><br/>They were raising slogans asking the government where the black money has gone and why Prime Minister is not breaking his silence on these issues. As the pandemonium continued despite his repeated appeals, Chairman Mohammed Hamid Ansari adjourned the proceedings till 2 PM. <br/><br/>Earlier, when the House met for the day, the agitating Congress members rushed to the well shouting slogans. Even as Home Minister Rajnath Singh said he wanted to make a statement on yesterday's terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said the opposition will neither discuss nor raise any question on his statement. <br/><br/>Deputy Chairman Prof. P J Kurien adjourned the House as the Congress members trooped into the well shouting slogans immediately after Home Minister completed his statement.

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.