Allegations against Adani group surface recurrently with both Houses discussing the President’s address
The Hindu
Notwithstanding a couple of untimely adjournments, both the Houses conducted discussion on the Presi
Notwithstanding a couple of untimely adjournments, both the Houses conducted discussion on the President’s address. With the opposition benches’ demand for a dedicated discussion not being met, they made references of the occurrences in their replies on Tuesday.
Both Houses commence proceedings again on Wednesday, February 8 th from 11 a.m.
Notwithstanding a couple of untimely adjournments, opposition benches decided to take part in parliamentary proceedings following three days of logjam. However, confrontations over alleged objectionable remarks by members did bother proceedings in the Lower House during the early hours on Tuesday.
The House was first adjourned till noon as leaders of opposition parties demanded a discussion on the Adani issue. They urged the speaker to admit notices submitted in the House and sought to know about their demand for a probe into the allegations against the Adani Group. Speaker Om Birla, took up the questions as ruckus ensued, with the House being adjourned till noon.
Proceedings resumed with the House commencing its discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address.
Chaos ensued again following BJP MP C.P. Joshi’s remarks allegedly glorifying the practice of ‘Sati’. The opposition benches objected to the Chittorgarh MP referring to Padmavati, the Queen of Mewar. NCP leader Supriya Sule, DMK MPs Kanimozhi, Dayanidhi Maran and A. Raja alongside Congress MP K Muraleedharan and AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel barged into the Well of the House.
The Chittorgarh MP defended himself, stating that he had not made any reference to the practice of ‘sati’, but ‘ jauhar’ (self-immolation). With continued protests, the House was briefly adjourned.
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