Farm Laws, Pegasus Scandal Force Disruptions In Parliament

Both the Houses were adjourned twice till 2 PM as MPs trooped into the Well of the House shouting slogans and holding placards.

High drama continued in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for the third straight day of the monsoon session of parliament as opposition MPs staged protests over a range of issues, including including the Pegasus snooping controversy. Both the Houses were adjourned twice - first till 12 noon and then till 2 PM - as MPs trooped into the Well of the House shouting slogans and holding placards. "Members seem to be not interested in discussing people's issues," Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said as he adjourned the proceedings in the upper house amid protests from opposition members. In the Lok Sabha, Bhartruhari Mahtab, who was in the Chair, was forced to adjourn the proceedings for the second time - the Question Hour barely continued for 12 minutes before Speaker Om Birla adjourned the House till 12 noon - after protesting members ignored his plea to go back to their respective seats and engage in discussion. While leaders from Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal targeted the government on the contentious farm laws, Trinamool Congress members gathered near the Speaker's podium raising the Pegasus snooping issue. They shouted slogans seeking answers from the prime minister.