In a repeat of the last four days, proceedings of Parliament remained disrupted on Tuesday on Telangana and other issues.Order could not be restored in the two Houses despite frequent appeals from the respective chairs to the agitated members.
No substantial business could be transacted for the fifth day of the Parliament session that has been called primarily to pass vote-on-account and Railway Budget.The Rajya Sabha witnessed a little more action from the very start of the proceedings with members from TDP, DMK, Congress and V Maitreyan of AIADMK trooping into the Well of the House.
Maitreyan, upset with Rajya Sabha bulletin naming unruly MPs, tore copies of bulletin and flung them towards the chair. Demanding that the bulletin be withdrawn, he shouted “we want justice” even as the Chair tried to convince him to go back.
Seemandhra MPs belonging to Congress and TDP waved placards in the Well while a number of Congress MPs from Telanagana region including V Hanumanth Rao shouted slogans in favour a separate Telangana.
TDP MP Gundu Sudha Rani was seen displaying a placard with the slogan ‘We demand Telangana Bill in Parliament’. Amid din, Ansari adjourned the House for 10 minutes. When the House reassembled, similar scenes were witnessed, leading to its adjournment till noon. The House was then adjourned till 2 PM as similar scenes prevailed
lok Sabha was adjourned for the day at noon and thereafter for the day when The ruckus continued over Telangana, Tamil Nadu fishermen, 1984 Sikh riots and other issues.
However, the chair in the two houses introduced three bills — two in Rajya Sabha and one in lok Sabha — even as members who had collected in the well continued their sloganeering in support of their respective demands.
Besides, the Speaker also allowed Congress member Thokchom Meinya to raise the issue of attacks against Northeastern people in different parts of the country, including Delhi. He claimed that “racial profiling” of these citizens was being carried out and wanted urgent action to check the menace.
After lok Sabha reassembled at noon after it was adjourned within minutes in the start, more than 40 members from different parties, including pro-and anti-Telangna MPs, walked into the well raising various issues, including Telangana.
Amid continuing pandemonium, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the House till Wednesday after laying of papers and introduction of a bill seeking to acquire certain areas in Mumbai for the Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial.