By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Parliament session commenced on Friday amid tempestuous scenes in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) with BJP vociferously raising issues like terrorism and price rise and Left moving a privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Amidst the din, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice — first during the Question Hour and then for the day — as determined BJP and Left parties’ members, now in the opposition, repeatedly rushed to the well shouting slogans.
Main opposition BJP said the Centre (federal government) should stop threatening imposition of President’s rule in Orissa. The state has witnessed communal violence following the killing of a VHP leader in August.
Agitated Left members said they had moved a privilege motion against the Prime Minister on the Indo-US nuclear deal, arguing that he had not taken Parliament into confidence before inking the agreement as promised.
The Left members were supported by BSP MPs who shouted slogans like “Bush sey yaari hai, desh sey gaddari hai (friendship with Bush and betrayal of the nation)”.
Soon after the House completed the obituary references, trouble broke out when Chairman Hamid Ansari also made references to those killed in bomb blasts, stampedes and floods.
As Ansari asked members to observe silence, the Left MPs demanded that the House should also condole the deaths in communal violence, leading to an uproar. The House was then adjourned till midday.
The Lok Sabha (Lower House) was adjourned for the day without transaction of any business as a mark of respect to two sitting members and seven former members who died during the inter-session period.