After two days of disruptions, the Lok Sabha Sabha on Wednesday witnessed active participation by most of the Opposition members in the House proceedings with Congress members seeking a legal guarantee for the MSP and Rs 5 crore compensation for each of the farmers 'martyred' in the ongoing agitation.
Proceedings largely went on smoothly even as 'Telangana Rashtriya Samiti' members continued to protest in the well on the issue of paddy procurement by the center.
The question hour lasted 28 minutes with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishaw and Consumer affairs Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti answering questions on electrification of railway tracks and LPG prices respectively.
Cabinet Minister for Consumer affairs Piyush Goyal said the question on the LPG was not related to his ministry and that "international prices guide these prices". This was when a member pointed out that LPG prices have risen to Rs 1400.
TRS members who were in the well carried placards 'don't punish farmers ' , ' bring bill for MSP' and 'no discrimination among states' and sought to block members speaking during question hour with their placards.
Criticising members for sloganeering and creating a ruckus in the House, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said their behaviour is not justified and the House cannot function if some members disturb the entire House.
“You are a member of the House. Senior members are speaking and you are waving placards in front of them. What decorum do you want to create in the House?”, he said.
Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon and it lasted one hour and 35 minutes during zeo hour before adjourning till 2.35 pm when Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya moved the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020 for discussion.
The house proceedings were a clear departure from last two-day when it could not conduct any business and adjourned for the day after repeat disruptions.
During zero hour, Congress members Manish Tiwari and Amar Singh demanded Rs five crore each compensation to the families of "700 martyred " during the agitation and that sought that farmers demand on the MSP be accepted.
RLP member Hanuman Beniwal also wanted MSP law, compensation and withdrawal of cases against farmers.
BSP member Kunwar Danish Ali said that besides conceding law on the MSP all those in jail for farmer agitation be released.
Apart from farmers issue, Sangita Azad (BSP) brought up the matter of leakage of question papers for teachers exam in Uttar Pradesh, Mahua Moitra (TMC) sought demolition of a villa near "an ASI protected site' in Goa , Shashi Tharoor questioned reduction in Kerosene subsidy which he said was affecting Kerala fishermen and Nishikant Dubey (BJP) wondered as why the country did not have a common Civil Code despite 75 years of independence.
Congress looked distancing itself from the TRS saying it wanted to participate in the proceedings of the House to put the government in the mat after it rolled back three farm laws.
The Congress suspects "a hidden agenda" in TRS protests in the house to not to allow a proper discussion on farmers issue.