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WASHOUT SESSION

Parliament adjourned amid fights,

acrimony and new low in politics

BJP leader and Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju slammed Congress MPs

and other leaders for creating a ruckus in the House

OUR BUREAU
New Delhi

pposition MPs on Thursday
took out a ‘Tiranga March’
Ofrom Parliament to Vijay
Chowk on the last day of the Budget
session of Parliament in the national
capital.
Congress leader KC Venugopal
who participated in the march said,
“The government itself is not letting
the Parliament run. Why do they not
want to discuss the Adani scam?”
Proceedings of both houses of Par-
liament have witnessed repeated
adjournments since the beginning of
the Budget Session.
The march started after Lok
Sabha was adjourned sine die follow-
ing a protest by Opposition parties,
who have been demanding a Joint
Parliamentary Probe into the Adani UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and LoP in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge along with Opposition MPs take out ‘Tiranga March’ from Parlia-
stocks among other issues. The BJP
has been demanding an apology ment to Vijay Chowk on the last day of the Budget session of Parliament in New Delhi on Thursday (ANI Photo/Shrikant Singh)
from Rahul Gandhi for his remarks
in London. But, BJP leader and Union Law position has been demanding a Joint Jagdeep Dhankar rejected ‘point of
Amid the stalemate in Par- Minister Kiren Rijiju slammed Con- Parliamentary Committee probe. order’ raised by Leader of Opposi-
liament due to repeated adjourn- gress MPs and other leaders for cre- Kharge, who is the Leader of the tion Mallikarjun Kharge on Union
ments, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor ating a ruckus in the House. “Again, Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, said Minister Piyush Goyal’s demand of
slammed the BJP-led Centre over Congress MPs and other opposi- there is a vast difference in what BJP an apology from Congress leader
the logjam and said that the objective tion leaders created a ruckus in the preaches about democracy and what Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in
behind the Tiranga Yatra is to send House. The country is seeing what it practices and alleged that oppo- the United Kingdom. Goyal had not
out the message that let’s protect and Congress is doing. Congress neither sition leaders were prevented from named Rahul Gandhi. The Chair-
safeguard our democracy. believes in the Constitution of India speaking in Parliament. man also established a new a new
On Thursday, Rajya Sabha was nor respects the law.” He also attacked Prime Min- tradition by going completely paper-
adjourned till 2 pm while the Lok Rijiju further stated that again ister Narendra Modi and alleged less. He went digital to conduct the
Sabha was adjourned sine die on the Congress MPs and other opposi- that he is on tour during Parliament business of the House today, mark-
last day of the Budget Session of the tion leaders created a ruckus in the sessions. Kharge also took a dig at ing the beginning of a paperless tra-
Parliament following a protest by House and insulted the Parliament PM Modi over his launching trains, dition by the chair of the House.
opposition MPs over various issues. by showing black flags. He further saying the task can be performed by BJD MP Sasmit Patra later
While talking to mediapersons, Tha- stated that Congress tried to create other leaders. lauded the initiative and called it a
roor said, “I think this entire session pressure on the judiciary in Surat Earlier, Parliament continued to historic day.
has been a washout, shockingly it court.” witness disruptions over the opposi- The two Houses were first ad-
began with the ruling party actually But accusing the BJP of creating tion’s demand for a joint parliamen- journed till 2 pm and then for the
saying that parliament should not al- “disturbances” during the budget ses- tary committee (JPC) probe into the day. The Coastal Aquaculture Au-
low functioning with the resumption sion of Parliament, which concluded Adani issue with Coastal Aquacul- thority (Amendment) Bill 2023 was
of budget session for the first couple on Thursday, Congress president ture Authority (Amendment) Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha by Fish-
of weeks, disrupted by the treasury Mallikarjun Kharge has said that the 2023 introduced in the Lok Sabha eries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy-
benches which has never happened government did not want to discuss amid the din. ing Minister Parshotaam Rupala
in the history of parliament.” the Adani issue over which the op- In the Rajya Sabha, Chairman amid opposition protests.

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