Parliament was adjourned for the day on Thursday after the Lok Sabha somehow passed two Bills. But Rajya Sabha failed to transact any business amid ruckus by the Opposition over various issues.
Both Houses have been witnessing pandemonium over the Rafale fighter jet deal and Cauvery river issue, among other matters.
The two Bills passed by Lok Sabha were the Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 and the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
In the Rajya Sabha, slogan-shouting members of Tamil parties — AIADMK and DMK— trooped into the well of the House over the Cauvery issue as soon as the House met for the day. Congress members held placards and shouted slogans demanded probe by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) into the purchase of Rafale jets from France.
The BJP members countered Congress members with slogans demanding an apology from Congress President Rahul Gandhi following the Supreme Court clean chit to the Rafale deal.
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said all issues can be discussed and members should allow the House to function.
However, sensing the mood he adjourned the House for the day minutes after it assembled.
In the Lok Sabha, the proceedings were adjourned in the morning amid sparring between members from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the issue of proposal to build a dam on the Cauvery River.
Congress demanded JPC probe into the Rafale deal, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka entered the well holding placards over the Cauvery issue.
TDP MPs demanded special category status for Andhra Pradesh and setting up of a steel plant in the state.
The lower house managed to pass two Bills and Congress agreed to discuss Triple talaq on December 27. Soon after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House for the day. Earlier in day, not happy over MPs holding placards inside Lok Sabha and creating ruckus, Speaker told leaders of all parties that the image of the House is taking a big hit and has called a meeting of the Rules Committee to look into the matter, sources said Thursday.
The Lok Sabha proceedings were disrupted for the seventh consecutive working day on Thursday amid sparring between members of various parties and a ruckus being created by various leaders.
In a meeting with leaders of all parties, including the Congress leader in the House Mallikarjun Kharge and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Mahajan conveyed her displeasure over continuous disruptions in functioning of the Lower House of Parliament, Lok Sabha sources said.
The Speaker told the leaders that the image of the house is taking a hit and it is being seen as a place where only ruckus happens, where nothing can be asked or listened, the sources said.