By IANS
New Delhi : Both houses of parliament were adjourned for an hour Thursday morning after the opposition disrupted proceedings demanding a joint parliamentary committee to go into the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon.
As the Lok Sabha met, newly-elected Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MP from Jamshedpur Suman Mahto, wife of slain MP Sunil Mahto, was administered the oath.
Thereafter, MPs belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party and Samajwadi Party were on their feet demanding the setting up of a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to go into the nuclear agreement.
Speaker Somnath Chatterjee pleaded with them to raise the issue after question hour, but the MPS continued to raise a din. The speaker then adjourned the house at 11.05 a.m. till noon.
Earlier, the opposition National Democratic Alliance MPs held a meeting and decided to continue disruption of house proceedings demanding dismantling of the 15-member United Progressive Alliance-Left panel to look into the deal and have a JPC instead.
Disruption of proceedings in the Rajya Sabha over the same issue also led to adjournment of the house till noon.